How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed
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Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed
#2Why does a bed need to run Linux? Why?
Of all the possible timelines, we live in the dumbest. What was wrong with a plain old bed without 1GB of RAM and a full OS running on it?! It is the same everywhere. Finding a washing machine that was not WiFi-connected was a chore and I dread doing it again in ten years.
As a person who's broken into O(1000) "smart" devices (for fun and for profit both), I do not want them in my house, and avoiding them is getting harder due to insanity like this linux-running bed! Please make it stop!
Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed
#3Why does a bed need to run Linux? Why? Of all the possible timelines, we live in the dumbest. What was wrong with a plain old bed without 1GB of RAM and a full OS running on it?! It is the same everywhere. Finding a washing machine that was not WiFi-connected was a chore and I dread doing it again in ten years. As a person who's broken into O(1000) "smart" devices (for fun and for profit both), I do not want them in…
I feel the same way -- the silver lining is that it's helped push me to buying older / used / more maintainable stuff for a fraction of the price, all the while learning a little here and there about minor repairs for older electronics. This is a big win for the pocketbook and gratifying to keep something out of the landfill.
Reduce / reuse / recycle -- in order of importance.
Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed
#4Buried lede: “What I did find was a "convenient" backdoor that Sleep Number can use to SSH back into the hub (and my internal home network as a result).”
Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed
#5Wait, this is about an actual bed -- you know, the kind that you sleep on -- that runs an SSH server on Linux?
W. T. F. !?
Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed
#6Buried lede: “What I did find was a "convenient" backdoor that Sleep Number can use to SSH back into the hub (and my internal home network as a result).”
This was the most interesting point for me, and I assume most of my IOT type shit has this functionality.
Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed
#7Why does a bed need to run Linux? Why? Of all the possible timelines, we live in the dumbest. What was wrong with a plain old bed without 1GB of RAM and a full OS running on it?! It is the same everywhere. Finding a washing machine that was not WiFi-connected was a chore and I dread doing it again in ten years. As a person who's broken into O(1000) "smart" devices (for fun and for profit both), I do not want them in…
At least it doesn't run windows
Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed
#8Why does a bed need to run Linux? Why? Of all the possible timelines, we live in the dumbest. What was wrong with a plain old bed without 1GB of RAM and a full OS running on it?! It is the same everywhere. Finding a washing machine that was not WiFi-connected was a chore and I dread doing it again in ten years. As a person who's broken into O(1000) "smart" devices (for fun and for profit both), I do not want them in…
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"The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise."
Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed
#9Wait, this is about an actual bed -- you know, the kind that you sleep on -- that runs an SSH server on Linux ? W. T. F. !?
how else would you record and transmit measurements to a server? lower-level hardware and software is expensive to develop on and potentially be difficult to update.
Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed
#10Why does a bed need to run Linux? Why? Of all the possible timelines, we live in the dumbest. What was wrong with a plain old bed without 1GB of RAM and a full OS running on it?! It is the same everywhere. Finding a washing machine that was not WiFi-connected was a chore and I dread doing it again in ten years. As a person who's broken into O(1000) "smart" devices (for fun and for profit both), I do not want them in…
what would be a better way to design this that is cheap and updatable? Specialized hardware is riskier to build, b/c bugs would require a complete reprint.