I cannot imagine ever connecting a TV or appliance to my home network. I even worry about my printer and Roku.
better than it connecting to one you don't own.
Probably check on your smart appliances
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#12> If I had to guess where most of this traffic is coming from, it's from compromised smart appliances contributing traffic to proxy networks. I find it interesting that we have a moral panic over giving people access to their own smartphones, because if the user has access they may get a virus, with negative knock-on effects on the internet... ...but there is no push to remove the same capabilities from smart applian…
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#13What gets me is how honestly horribly written most of these scrapers are. I found one ip in my logs recently that had 50,000 attempts at the same 404, over and over every few seconds.
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#14I cannot imagine ever connecting a TV or appliance to my home network. I even worry about my printer and Roku.
I vaguely remember a saying I read here once:
A tech lover has a home full of smart appliances and systems. A tech expert has a computer, a modem, a printer, and a revolver lying next to the printer in case it makes a sound they don't recognize.
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#15> If I had to guess where most of this traffic is coming from, it's from compromised smart appliances contributing traffic to proxy networks. I find it interesting that we have a moral panic over giving people access to their own smartphones, because if the user has access they may get a virus, with negative knock-on effects on the internet... ...but there is no push to remove the same capabilities from smart applian…
That potential future is inching ever closer to reality. It was never about users. It's all about the corporations. They want to extract rent from their digital serfs, they want to not lose money due to fraud, piracy or whatever else, they want to push unblockable ads, etc. They have "legitimate interests", also known as lobbying power. To these guys, our interest in maintaining control over our machines, sovereignty…
Unauthorised bread.
Drink verification can.
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#16This made me realize how many devices I buy once, set up once, and then never think about again. Smart TVs are probably one of the biggest examples of that. It would be interesting if manufacturers had to make software support periods much more obvious before people bought them.
I wish I never thought of it. Just had a recent Samsung TV update, and now it has to sign in EVERY TIME it turns on. I'm considering how to frame it as a warranty job.
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#17This made me realize how many devices I buy once, set up once, and then never think about again. Smart TVs are probably one of the biggest examples of that. It would be interesting if manufacturers had to make software support periods much more obvious before people bought them.
I wish I never thought of it. Just had a recent Samsung TV update, and now it has to sign in EVERY TIME it turns on. I'm considering how to frame it as a warranty job.
Factory reset it then never connect to the internet. Use another device you can control for streaming
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#18Based on the source country distribution I'd say it's more likely the standard Android residential VPN SDKs embedded in free apps.
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#20I cannot imagine ever connecting a TV or appliance to my home network. I even worry about my printer and Roku.
I vaguely remember a saying I read here once: A tech lover has a home full of smart appliances and systems. A tech expert has a computer, a modem, a printer, and a revolver lying next to the printer in case it makes a sound they don't recognize.
Don't leave the revolver too close to the printer. It might start saying "low toner" when you go to use it.