Luckily, most embedded devices lack the smart to attach to two networks at the same time. So you keep it locked into a network where it can only do your bidding, and it won't listen to anyone else. Unless they built in some very crazy and nefarious code and drive around with network enabled cars in the owners neighborhood.
LWD@lemm.ee 9 months ago
puts on tin foil hat
www.wired.com/…/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/
Wait, I don’t need a tin foil hat for this… It was national news
Treczoks@kbin.social 9 months ago
No need for an extra router. I just put those device into the "has no internet access" group. It is one of those "Parental Control" things. Every device inside the net can see and talk to it, but itself cannot talk to anything outside.
LWD@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Which is understandable… To me, anyway. Until the router needs to be reset, or something else happens to it.
Come to think of it, I’m not sure if my router hardware actually supports this possibility. I’ve got a PiHole, but I’m also not the average person I play telephone tech support for.
Treczoks@kbin.social 9 months ago
That's what "configuration backups" are for. You've got some, don't you?