alt Hacker NewsThis is repeated every time this topic comes up, but so far it's just a conspiracy theory. An urban legend. An old wives' tale. Are there any documented cases of this happening?
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matltc • yesterday at 11:02 PM
Agree that it should be observed before assumed. Would a software-defined radio and a packet capturing mechanism be sufficient?
smallpipe • yesterday at 8:27 PM
Amazon Sidewalk is a real life product that offers this over bluetooth
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alserio • yesterday at 8:22 PM
probably, but I'll let gp answer. But I want guarantees that they don't do that, until them I'll consider the fact that if they can and it's profitable they will do it
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With TV makers having recently destroyed trust and there not being a good way for consumers to force trust it makes little difference whether they are doing it or not.
If you can't tell whether your disconnected TV is spying on you but you know that you cannot trust it, it's better to treat it as compromised.