Anyone in Wi-Fi range can exploit the device. The sensors of the air purifier can be used for spying, and the device could also serve as a hopping point for exploiting other devices in your home.
> The sensors of the air purifier can be used for spying
To be able to... know if your target's house has a lot of pollutants? Is particularly warm? There is practically no useful information that can't be gleamed by just looking through their windows, blinds and all.
> and the device could also be used as a hopping point for exploiting other devices in your home.
It's not connected to your home network, that's the whole reason for the hotspot existing. How, exactly, could it be used as a hopping off point, except to other devices with hotspots that... can just be exploited in the first place.
You're lacking in imagination, and maybe the conceptual idea of "sensor fusion". Multiple seemingly innocuous data streams in isolation can be combined to create sensors you wouldn't have imagined
mynameisvlad|2 years ago
To be able to... know if your target's house has a lot of pollutants? Is particularly warm? There is practically no useful information that can't be gleamed by just looking through their windows, blinds and all.
> and the device could also be used as a hopping point for exploiting other devices in your home.
It's not connected to your home network, that's the whole reason for the hotspot existing. How, exactly, could it be used as a hopping off point, except to other devices with hotspots that... can just be exploited in the first place.
snapcaster|2 years ago
unknown|2 years ago
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cromka|2 years ago
Stuxnet also sounded like a completely made up scenario.
As someone said, you lack imagination. And that’s OK, but you’re also being quite arrogant, too.
yread|2 years ago