IoT WiFi Security Risks
The cluster discusses concerns about smart devices like TVs and washers automatically connecting to unsecured, open, or neighboring WiFi networks without user permission, highlighting privacy and security vulnerabilities in WiFi implementations.
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Who's to say that the public wifi you're connecting to doesn't have one of these things attached?
you never know how poorly a restricted WiFi access point is implemented
Don't even need this, with projects like Amazon sidewalk they can mooch your neighbors secured wifi
If a neighbor has unprotected wifi it could feasibly connect there and start phoning home.
Ah, missed that when I skimmed through. Looks like there's no way to secure it against people who are on the same wifi network.
Bring a wifi pineapple and explain how insecure wifi really can be.
"I didn't secure my Wi-Fi and other had access to it." - sounds pretty familiar to me.
How do you know it's not using open wifi networks?
Or just don't give it your Wifi password...
also, the "any" wifi network is misleading since you have to be connected to the the wifi network which for most networks implies knowing the password.