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Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House (futurism.com)
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[–] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

All IoT devices do this to keep you from blocking their data collection. They won’t work reliably without a regular ping home. They lock up if they can’t phone home frequently enough.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    Tapo's sockets don't - in fact they explicitly have a 'local only' function. All you lose is control outside your home network.

    Tuya on the other hand will start leeching off the fucking Bluetooth of your pairing device if you hobble them.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    tapo cameras do. mine all went offline and factory reset themselves after not having internet access or even accounts for several months, all at the same time.

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