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Re:Wigle.net: All the Networks. Found by Everyone by 0x1ch on Monday October 07, 2024 @06:45PM (#41771903)
Recently got into this and have mapped most of my area. There's a bit of insecure networks that I could hop on but it's mostly noise in the sea of the internet.

The most interesting thing I have discoved so far is that my elderly neighbors have a CPAP machine. I found out because that CPAP broadcasts BLE. I didn't look much into it, but medical devices shouldn't be broadcasting anything imo.

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Re:Wigle.net: All the Networks. Found by Everyone by RockRobotRock on Monday October 07, 2024 @08:15PM (#41772528)
Imagine the embarrassment if your Lovense was on when someone wardrives your neighborhood.
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Re:Wigle.net: All the Networks. Found by Everyone by B0073D on Monday October 07, 2024 @11:00PM (#41773441)
What if you want people to know :p
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Re:Wigle.net: All the Networks. Found by Everyone by pjerem on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @06:11AM (#41775591)
They’d either don’t know what it is or, if they’d know, they’d have some reason to.

In any case, if there is embarrassment, it’d be on them :)

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Re:Wigle.net: All the Networks. Found by Everyone by tredre3 on Monday October 07, 2024 @08:30PM (#41772616)
Power stations from Bluetti also have bluetooth always on. It can't be disabled and anyone can connect and turn off the station.

So if someone uses it as backup power for a CPAP they're pretty much SOL if a neighbors is playing with the bluetti app.

Bluetti considers it a feature and not a security issue.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240709030931/https://old.reddi...

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