Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Aug 24, 2023
the market for network-controllable power strips is weird
it's two things:
1. 50$ devices intended for use in the home. 3 plugs, connects to some cloud service, shiny and available on amazon
2. 300$ devices with 8 ports and you can talk to it over RS232 and 10/100 ethernet and the web stack fits on a 64kb eeprom and it's only purchasable on a website that was last updated in 2008
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Aug 24, 2023
Yeah I know #2 is the better option, but I'm currently dealing with one and how it's dying because it's running Linux + webserver in 4mb of ram
Show threadstirz ✅

@foone Can the Amazon beast be run without cloud access? If so, just disallow it to go online or to resolve Amazon-related domains.

I had to deny my SmartTV internet access after I noticed how detailed it reported my habits to Samsung.

Aug 24, 2023 at 5:58pmWeb
Show threadGearliciousAug 24, 2023

@stirz @foone the older firmware of tp-link's smart plugs could be isolated in their own VLAN and then entirely controlled without any cloud strings attached. Not sure if that's the case as it's been a few years.

https://github.com/softScheck/tplink-smartplug

GitHub - softScheck/tplink-smartplug: TP-Link WiFi SmartPlug Client and Wireshark Dissector

TP-Link WiFi SmartPlug Client and Wireshark Dissector - GitHub - softScheck/tplink-smartplug: TP-Link WiFi SmartPlug Client and Wireshark Dissector

GitHub
Show threadstirz ✅Aug 24, 2023
@gearlicious @foone Sounds good!