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minus-squareNullPointer@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoit’ll still be listening and spying.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoJust don’t connect it to the internet 🤷♂️
minus-squareLifter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoSome devices connect to any open wifi to send analytics. Some devices even have their own modem to always be connected.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoNot sure about the “modem” thing, always has worried me though. You mean like an LTE chip? Guess I don’t think about the open network thing because: Nobody, not even router makers, deliver open network by default anymore I don’t have any other wifi signals in my area other than my own
it’ll still be listening and spying.
Just don’t connect it to the internet 🤷♂️
Some devices connect to any open wifi to send analytics. Some devices even have their own modem to always be connected.
Not sure about the “modem” thing, always has worried me though. You mean like an LTE chip?
Guess I don’t think about the open network thing because:
Nobody, not even router makers, deliver open network by default anymore
I don’t have any other wifi signals in my area other than my own