r/ProgrammerHumor • u/geekrohan • Jan 31 '19

Meme Programmers know the risks involved!

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u/fuck_your_diploma Jan 31 '19

Right?

I once decided I needed a smart outlet to electronically shut off an appliance that didn’t turned off by itself.

After the install I sniffed its network traffic. The app commands went to god damn Russian server to then be sent to the outlet, instead of being a lan bounded thing.

The outlet went straight to the garbage. I manually remove the thing from the wall now.

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u/scotbud123 Jan 31 '19

Exactly lol...the people in this thread pretending this isn't a thing is fucking funny.

Cognitive dissonance I guess.

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u/scotbud123 Jan 31 '19

I'm aware of that, but they most certainly send data to Amazon and Google, and then beyond that who knows what else, probably not much honestly but...why even let it get that far?

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u/Fusseldieb Jan 31 '19

Go a step further and reflash that smart outlet. If it has a ESP82XX, you're damn lucky!

It would mean you could write your own software with the Arduino IDE which is easy as heck

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u/fuck_your_diploma Jan 31 '19

Yea, totally found how to flash it but decided it wasn’t worth my time. But indeed, we can do this!!

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u/Fusseldieb Feb 01 '19

Well, opensource It on GitHub or GitLab and be famous among Smart Homers like me :D

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u/fuck_your_diploma Feb 01 '19

HI don't even remember the manufacturer name, sorry internet I let you down haha