points by doubled112 2 days ago | 0 comments
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/fbi-warning-iot-device...
That’s probably a decent starting point, but a little older. I am not sure if the situation has changed any in 2026.
[–] nekusar 2 days ago
[–] BizarroLand 2 days ago
Meh. It's awesome until the links stop working and the app goes dead because of regulators catching on.
I remember there being a plague of kodi plugins that worked for that kind of stuff for a long time, and they would die and be replaced every couple of weeks, sometimes they would have malware in them, it was a whole thing.
I think that if you want streaming and want to save money, the best practice is to only have one streaming service at a time. When you get bored with it, shut it down or pause it and move to the next one. It's a pain, but at least it won't infect every device on your home network and contribute to a bot farm.
[–] sgerenser 2 days ago
I saw these things being sold for $300 at my local State Fair just a week ago. First heard about them a few months back on the Darknet Diaries podcast: https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/172/
Of course, the countries the Jellyfin and Plex servers along with IPTV dealers aren't illegal there.
And sure, your device becomes a residential proxy. They don't make that fact clear... But if you told people, I think for that $100-$200 a month streaming bills go poof is probably worth it.