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Re:Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras by jupp0r on Monday March 11, 2024 @01:13PM (#39670822)
Unless somebody is making serious efforts and running hidden data wires, spy cams are pretty easy to find by the average nerd equipped with a cheapish spectrum analyzer by their RF signature.
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Re:Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras by bmicraft on Monday March 11, 2024 @04:05PM (#39672682)
Are they? Many are wifi connected, but record onto an sd card, which means they shouldn't be easily detectable, except when accessed, right?
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Re:Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras by jupp0r on Monday March 11, 2024 @07:55PM (#39674564)
Even if they are not sending data, there will be periodic communication between the access point and the device. Wifi power saving modes are pretty advanced and described here: https://howiwifi.com/2020/06/25/power-save-methods/.
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