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[-] nullPointer@programming.dev 10 points 6 days ago

it'll still be listening and spying.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago

Just don't connect it to the internet 🤷‍♂️

[-] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 days ago

Some devices connect to any open wifi to send analytics. Some devices even have their own modem to always be connected.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

Not sure about the "modem" thing, always has worried me though. You mean like an LTE chip?

Guess I don't think about the open network thing because:

  1. Nobody, not even router makers, deliver open network by default anymore

  2. I don't have any other wifi signals in my area other than my own

[-] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 days ago

Yes LTE and the like. My car – for instance – is connected 24/7 to the cloud. I can control some functions remotely. The price is probably full tracking of me anf my family.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah that's the one thing that worries me about buying a new car. Mine are old right now

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