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• Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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  • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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

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    • Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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