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Thousands of private camera footages from bedrooms hacked, sold online - VnExpress International (e.vnexpress.net)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 78 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Don't kink shame me! Gaping security violations get me all hot and bothered. Sometimes I check my bank account on public WiFi, just for the thrill.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Checking your bank account on public wifi is perfectly safe thanks to TLS.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

There's more to good opsec than encrypted transport, but for most people this is probably true. Maybe also avoid being in camera view especially without MFA.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've always been leery of public Wi-Fi because of the timeless adage:

"nothing is free. If something is free, then you are the product."

It costs them money to provide public Wi-Fi, what are they getting out of it if they're not mining data from the users?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not a very good adage. Charities exist, for example. And free drink refills.

When a business offers free wifi, it's giving you an incentive to stay longer and come back more often.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

okay, I will change my perspective on that.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Wait, really? Sir, this is the internet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you want to investigate gaping holes on the internet, you could skip the camera and go straight to pornhub

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Goatse, for the connoisseur