(06-12-2024, 11:01 PM)Thryleon date Wrote:the arrogance is thinking they would. No car is listening to devices on my network, your car usually isn't connected to home wifi. It might pair with your phone but when it's off that's that.No connection is needed to listen to unencrypted streams, the target data isn't part of Google, Apple or Meta. You are thinking like someone who believes Google tracking your TV habits or online purchases actually matters.
The ICs / Chips of foreign powers aren't inserted randomly, they are located at intersections where data is not encrypted. The job of the chip is to intercept the streamed data and rebroadcast it in a way that can be monitored, if you know what to listen for.
The target data is mostly IP, R&D, Military, strategic Political or economic information, and in insecure premises they can mine it freely, it's the reason why audited high security now requires air-gapped workstations in rooms built like Faraday cages, most all companies and individuals fail to pass the audit.
To do the techno approach successfully you need someway to intercept unencrypted data(transmit), and then you need someway to access it if you can(listen). The air-gap / Faraday cage is meant to stop transmission.
The next most common method of data collection is extortion, usually making threats towards family and friends who remain in foreign locations. That is how the last big IP hack occurred here in Melb, two Post-Grad from China were blackmailed by the State to collect and forward on many gigabytes of classified / restricted data.
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