jablonski wrote: > Thanks a lot for your replies. The main trigger for my concern are the > frequent warnings in the media about smart home appliances (like > dishwashers with wifi) that are often not updated, so that unpatched > weaknesses can be exploited by hackers who then can enter your home > network and sniff out what you're doing on your other devices, such as > phone and computer. > So my assumption was that eventually in every device that is longer on > the market, weaknesses may be discovered and exploited. The same also > applies for computers and phones, of course. But your testing puts my > mind at ease a little, awesome that you did that, philchillbill.
Here's a link to where I published that script in the Domoticz Wiki in 2017: https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Logitech_Media_Server#Using_Ambient_Light_Sensor_in_SB-Radio_and_SB-Touch One more thing I'd add is that firewalls give people a false sense of security. People also think if you don't open any ports in your router, you're safe. However, any device already inside your LAN can 'phone home' without being blocked and e.g. most modern TVs or Smart Thermostats and even Philips HUE do that. After you install them, they constantly contact their manufacturers web portals for all kinds of things like checking for updates or uploading your viewing habits data. -Outward- traffic from your LAN is always allowed, unless you set up a very restrictive firewalling regime. The 'danger' is that bugs or backdoors in these newer devices talking regularly to the cloud inadvertently retrieve compromised payloads which can then run inside your LAN and can snoop around for other (older) devices to infect. When that new device gets patched (because it is still being updated by the manufacturer) the older device -will- stay infected because it never gets updates to clean out the malware. Not worth sleepless nights, but just something to keep in the back of your mind :D ------------------------------------------------------------------------ philchillbill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=68920 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115017 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
