Pioneering research has discovered how smart devices talk to Android apps and each other to share data that allows them to know who enters a home, when, and how much they earn
  • corroded@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    You should never fully trust ANY device on your network. Even if it’s not collecting your personal information and sending it off to who-knows-where, there could always be a zero-day exploit just waiting for someone to find it.

      • corroded@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        You’re correct about an outside individual accessing your network, but that still doesn’t prevent a device on your network from phoning home.

        I think most people have at least some open ports, though. Isn’t port forwarding required for a lot of online games? It used to be at least.