Walmart-exclusive router and others sold on Amazon & eBay contain hidden backdoors to control devices
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[–]HiddenFox 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (3 children)
Ugh, I bought Chinese made Wifi surveillance cams... I often wondered if they somehow could provide a back door to my network....
[–]ah2020 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
Probably...
[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
i did too, and they seem sketchy,
what bothered me the most in some of them was you can't change the admin password, so ya they can most likey login
[–]whistlepig 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
Some have been reverse engineered to a degree and have open source firmware made for them. I bought a cheap chinese wifi surveillance cam a few months ago with the intent of seeing what I could do with it.. but its still in the box. haven't devoted the time to see what firmware I can find yet
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