Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 UTC

I've had so much trouble finding a good alarm to wake me up in the mornings. (Long story I may tell later.)

But I just had an idea I love.

I get one of those smart power sockets thing, and set it to turn on when I want the alarm to go off. Into the socket, I plug my turntable.

That way, I'll wake up to the sound of the vinyl record of my choice!

Thoughts?

Dec 2, 2022 at 2:25amWeb
Show threadMatt QuickDec 2, 2022
@unixepoch You should put in a vinyl you absolutely hate so you’ll be promoted to get up and turn it off as opposed to laying there listening to your favorites. That’s the idea behind me choosing the most annoying alarm sound on my phone.
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@MattTheQuick
Haha, that's clever. I have yet to buy a vinyl I hate, but maybe I could put on one of the used records with scratches that loop. ;)

The problem with doing an annoying song is that I have a rommate. :P

Show threadAdamDec 2, 2022
@unixepoch Sounds like a plan 😉
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@adamsdesk
I've realized, though, that first I need to find a socket I can trigger with my own code and that doesn't break my dorm's guidelines. :P
Show threadAdamDec 2, 2022
@unixepoch Oh what restrictions do you have that would affect this?
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@adamsdesk
Well for one thing it's not allowed to put out a wifi network (ad-hoc or otherwise) which it couldn't be anything that requires a hub, I presume. I honestly don't know enough about how these things work to know how much that would restrict me.
Show threadAdamDec 3, 2022
@unixepoch Well I can understand that, but then at the same time I can see valid cases where one would want to do that. 😄
Show threadThu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 UTCDec 3, 2022
@adamsdesk
When I look at the list of available wifi networks and there are only five, not the dozens that are usually in residential areas, I decide I'm fine with the policy. :)
Show threadAdamDec 3, 2022
@unixepoch That is amazing to have that little.
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@adamsdesk
Right??? And only one was someone's printer rather than a university-official wifi network. Now it's gone and we only have university-official networks. :)
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@adamsdesk
The need is apparent when things like this happen: I left a bluetooth speaker on by accident after disconnecting to find that someone else had paired to it with their phone and I was hearing them typing all their text messages.
Show threadAdamDec 3, 2022
@unixepoch This blows mind. Why on earth do people pair to unknown devices? Seems irresponsible.
Show threadThu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 UTCDec 3, 2022
@adamsdesk Best guess? People have no idea the actual hostnames of their devices. I happen to know mine, but for most of the speakers/headphones I've bought, it's just been the model number which was a random-looking string of letters and numbers. I could see someone not being sure what that is and trying it. Even if they decide it's not correct and switch, their device might try to autoconnect later.
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@adamsdesk This actually gives me an idea for an attack like the Rubber Ducky (https://shop.hak5.org/products/usb-rubber-ducky): Create a device with a hostname that is something like "Airpods" and, when connected to, acts like a bluetooth keyboard and begins typing in malicious commands.

I think some OSes have you type a confirmation code when connecting to a bluetooth device, but almost certainly not all...

USB Rubber Ducky

Show threadThu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 UTCDec 3, 2022
@adamsdesk Honestly in a university dorm I wouldn't be surprised if people connected to a bluetooth device labelled "Connect to this lol"
Show threadAdamDec 3, 2022
@unixepoch Yes that is a good attack vector.
Show threadAdamDec 3, 2022
@unixepoch crazyness