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Re:I disabled WiFi on the new Samsung fridge by jhoechtl on Monday May 30, 2022 @05:51AM (#31557224)
> But you can always physically destroy/remove the antenna

Unless the device itself becomes the antenna or is reacting passively as is the case in RFID.

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Re:I disabled WiFi on the new Samsung fridge by the_pwner224 on Monday May 30, 2022 @06:08AM (#31557307)
That's already happening :)

If you have an automatic toll transponder (ez-pasz, etc.), those things are read very frequently even when you're not going through a toll meter. There's info on this online.

TPMS sensors also transmit a serial number. I wouldn't put it past the NSA to have sensors embedded in certain roads to track that.

And of course, dragnet automatic license plate scanning / tracking is already ubiquitous and there's really not anything you can do about it. Use a bicycle instead, I guess...

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Re:I disabled WiFi on the new Samsung fridge by GekkePrutser on Monday May 30, 2022 @07:09AM (#31557756)
My Irish one wasn't. It beeps when it's being read and it was only read at toll ports.
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Re:I disabled WiFi on the new Samsung fridge by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @04:01PM (#31574209)
I mean, what if it only beeps when it's being read and the reader doesn't mind you knowing about it? Not that it's necessarily happening but I don't see how that would be impossible.
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