this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2025
210 points (92.3% liked)

Technology

77084 readers
3103 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
L4s@hackingne.ws
210
How I discovered a hidden microphone on a Chinese NanoKVM (telefoncek.si)
submitted 1 day ago by doopinglouie@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
30 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

To summarize: the device is riddled with security flaws, originally shipped with default passwords, communicates with servers in China, comes preinstalled with hacking tools, and even includes a built-in microphone - fully equipped for recording audio - without clear mention of it in the documentation. Could it get any worse?

I am pretty sure these issues stem from extreme negligence and rushed development rather than malicious intent. However, that doesn’t make them any less concerning.

Slop everywhere. As far as the eye can see.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago

Yeah the author clearly searched and replaced all the em dashes with hyphens, yet still used an ellipsis character. Certified slop.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago

Nest's security system shipped with an undocumented microphone they activated later, sadly this isn't totally limited to Chinese crap.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 1 points 19 hours ago

Is it a mobile SoC?