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I had my emails got to by someone exploiting an insecure printer on our network
What the fuck
held my password so the printer could email scans
Oh.
Am I paranoid in not wanting a robot hoover or anything like it on my home Wi-Fi now?
Not really, the fewer stupid wifi things the better. Especially cheap knockoffs.
Howard
Hefty
It’s all so scary and horrid I’d kind of rather not know.
I had my emails got to by someone exploiting an insecure printer on our network that held my password so the printer could email scans. The idea that my whole inbox is out there in the hands of nefarious folks forever is really unsettling.
See also - those gadgets you can buy for a few hundred £ that can spoof RFIDs and get into your car / office / garage door, software that can brute force passwords in seconds.