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Re:LG signals plan to put Wi-Fi in every appliance it releas... by dingaling on Saturday January 07, 2017 @10:12AM (#13344470)
It gives me the impetus to set up another SSID that just loops-back every packet to its sender.

I was going to suggest not even associating them with an AP, but knowing how vendors code their software they'll probably overcome that 'problem' by having them search for and attach to the first open AP they find. So I might as well make that one be MyNullRoute.

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Re:LG signals plan to put Wi-Fi in every appliance it releas... by gruez on Saturday January 07, 2017 @10:24AM (#13344528)
What's the advantage of this instead of not connecting to any wifi networks?
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Re:LG signals plan to put Wi-Fi in every appliance it releas... by jungletek on Thursday January 12, 2017 @04:32AM (#13380990)
Software that doesn't respect user settings. In this case, the fear is that wifi-capable devices may just associate with a random unsecured access point, on purpose but 'covertly', to send and/or receive unknown data, at the behest of the manufacturer.
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