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The Smart Home Wi-Fi Trap: Are We All Being Conned by Convenience? (unknownuniverse.uk)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Mainstream tech advice treats cheap Wi-Fi smart plugs as harmless convenience, totally glossing over how much telemetry leaks out to overseas cloud servers by default.

Expecting casual users to set up VLANs and firewall drop rules just to stop a £10 light bulb from phoning home is a bit of a joke.

True privacy means local control without corporate middlemen.

Original content by The Unknown Universe, written by a human and not AI generated!

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[–] 2 points 1 month ago*

I have electrical experience so it's easy for me, but I can definitely understand not wanting to touch AC power. If you do it wrong you can die or burn your house down. It's easy and not a lot of variations, but how many people do you know who just can't follow step by step instructions and the stakes are higher here than just factory reset the device if you mess up.

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