Two ways to handle IoT updates: patch everything vs MITM them all to see what they phone home
banteg · x · 2026-10-21
banteg boosted a meme contrasting two mindsets: one person dreads patching every IoT device in their home because of a CVE, while the other gleefully MITMs all their IoT gadgets to see exactly what data they're sending home. The quoted post urges everyone to open-source their IoT devices and dump their network traffic to find out what they're reporting.
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