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HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48165492
Like many people, I've always been vaguely suspicious of IoT devices like these. But I've never seen reverse engineered what it is they actually do . The conclusion goes way beyond my expectations and is rather chilling: >My $35 projector wasn't just spying on me. It was selling my network. Anyone who paid Kookeey for proxy access could route their traffic through my IP
Wow this is pretty insane, the whole supply chain of these things might look similar to the practises described in this article: https://www.chinatalk.media/p/how-to-buy-cheap-claude-tokens... HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48165492
Is there any instructions on how I can do a similar analysis my own devices?
This is the first time I've read an AI-heavy piece and stayed engaged with it all the way through. I think the author's sharing the prompts was key to that experience.
This is the first time I've read an AI-heavy piece and stayed engaged with it all the way through. I think the author's sharing the prompts was key to that experience.
Author here. I didn't realize folks had found this, LOL. As some have noted, yes, large chunks of this article were AI-written. Whether or not it's truly justifiable, I was busy enough that I saw it as the best way to complete the capstone writing on my experience. Again, I'm mildly surprised folks came across it!
I think that the sorry thing about the article is that, even though I've read through an article of yours, I have learned nothing about what kind of person you are. I think that there's more to blogging than just showing the work. It's also a stage for you. The displays of character in the article ("I had a feeling", "I sat with that for a minute") written in first person are not actually yours, and are instead, in a way, a performance of the LLM that you used. So in my opinion (and you're free to disagree) you've robbed yourself of the attention you deserved.
However, I assume that the contents of the investigation were true, and if so, they are quite damning (in fact, my SO has just surprised me with a cheap Chinese projector. Nice timing!). It was also great that you've shared the prompts and results at each stage.