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Written by corroded@lemmy.world on 2025-01-06 at 18:25

What hidden "secrets" have you learned from your home automation?

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Written by pHr34kY@lemmy.world on 2025-01-07 at 10:42

While not publishing it, my weather station uploads my indoor temperatures to weather underground. The plaintext password is in every packet. It uses unencrypted HTTP.

My TV continues to chatter to random servers on the internet long after it has turned off. It transmits to a telemetry server on every single button press.

My air conditioners drain a lot more power when I haven’t cleaned the filters. It’s almost double.

A chromecast will try to bypass your router’s DNS and go straight to Google’s. It is constantly pulling data even if you’re not using it. I’m fairly certain it’s that slideshow. It’s not cached at all.

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Written by Norbi📷 on 2025-01-07 at 10:53

@pHr34kY @corroded Not from home automation but from my #pihole installation.

My internet radio tries to send the title of each new song to itunes.apple.com. My smartphone tries to report any new installation / update of SW packages to googletagmanager.com.

Those are among the reasons I use a #pihole in the first place.

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