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nymnympseudonym@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I never even thought about a guest network for different services. Why do you do that, if you don’t mind? Privacy?

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  • GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You could configure different settings, such as preventing the device from connecting to ad servers. You also prevent it from scanning your network to learn about all your devices, since all it would be limited to that isolated network.

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    • EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Does peloton do that!? 🥲

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      • GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I don’t know. Is it internet connected? If so I wouldn’t trust it…

        Many home grade routers allow you to set up a guest WiFi network though so you may be able to isolate it that way if you’re concerned/can determine what telemetry it’s sending from the privacy policy or other reports.

        This article talks about their website’s standard creepy tracking cookies and stuff, which depressingly everyone does. https://blog.avast.com/what-peloton-knows-about-you-avast

        But if it has Bluetooth and WiFi it has a lot of potential for tracking all sorts of things. I don’t have one and don’t know if they’re using that potential, but it’s there. It would be interesting to investigate.

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  • nymnympseudonym@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Guest Network in OpenWRT prevents inter-device communication on the LAN. So the thing can talk to its cloud service or whatever but can’t see my phone/laptop/PCs.

    This means that untrusted devices which get pw0ned (or are surveillance-by-design) can’t then get into your more important machines. Most people use guest networks for IoT devices like Ring cams and smart washing machines but I don’t even own shit like that.

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    • EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Lol I also passed up on ring cameras, i’d like to have a camera someday but I don’t want to go through Amazon.

      I wonder if I should set up a guest network for my mother-in-law. 🤔 My husband is very on-board with my privacy-focused desires and cautious about what we invite into the home but my MIL, well, is old.

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