Re: Catch the hand that is spying on me

2024-04-10 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
Amazon sidewalk is what it was called. https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/wireless-networking/pros-and-cons-of-amazon-sidewalk-network-plus-how-to-opt-out-a9048278100/ On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 6:42 PM Stephen Partington wrote: > Note Amazon is building up a low power network across all

Re: Catch the hand that is spying on me

2024-04-10 Thread Jim via PLUG-discuss
On 4/10/24 15:42, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: Note Amazon is building up a low power network across all their devices. That one creeps me out. On Tue, Apr 9, 2024, 3:48 AM Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss wrote: However, if you make it obvious that you are looking at the

Re: Catch the hand that is spying on me

2024-04-10 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
Note Amazon is building up a low power network across all their devices. That one creeps me out. On Tue, Apr 9, 2024, 3:48 AM Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > However, if you make it obvious that you are looking at the thing, the > perpetrator might

Re: Catch the hand that is spying on me

2024-04-09 Thread Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss
However, if you make it obvious that you are looking at the thing, the perpetrator might decide to take it back.  Put up your own video doorbell, and maybe even watch the street as well so you can tie the perp to their vehicle. Triangulation is 'fun' - find some local neighborhood hams

Re: Catch the hand that is spying on me

2024-04-05 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I would never had thought of this type of scam. I hope you find the person or persons. I'm guessing it might be someone close to you. Yikes!! Several months ago there was a post on next door where a man had passed away and someone stole his gun safes. Heinous!! Is this camera ties into a

Re: Catch the hand that is spying on me

2024-04-04 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
Welcome back! Sorry to hear about the injury. The tools to do this are not cheap (based on my personal knowledge) but if it is attached to your wifi then Wireshark is where I would go with it. If it has some level of camera etc then I would look at the device and see what kind of model it is and

Re: Catch the hand that is spying on me

2024-04-04 Thread Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss
Well that's disturbing. Glad to hear you're back with us, the world can't afford to lose a Linux nerd! We're a precious commodity!!! The first thing I would do is see if it's actually transmitting. Any RF analyzer from Amazon should be able to tell you, and what frequency it's on, if it is.

Catch the hand that is spying on me

2024-04-04 Thread Mike Bushroe via PLUG-discuss
I have been lurking for a long time and just returned from a 10 month session in hospitals, extended care facilities, other hospitals, rehab places, more nursing care, other hospitals etc after having a major brain injury and brain surgery. During this time my sisters have been feeding the cats