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What stupidly easy tech solution do people gloss over all of the time? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Frozyre@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me it's the paranoia surrounding webcams. People outright refuse to own one and I understand, until they go on and on about how they're being spied. Here's the secret - unplug the damn thing when you think you won't use it or haven't used it in a while.

They, whoever it is, can't really spy on you on something that's already off and unplugged!

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[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

The fuck is "Ethernet over WiFi". Isn't ethernet by definition wired? If it's x over WiFi, isn't that just WiFi with extra steps?

Edit: I see from other comments they mean "preferable compared to", not "used atop of".

[-] black0ut@pawb.social 5 points 4 weeks ago

I think they meant it like "I prefer ethernet more than wifi"

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, I saw that after seeing the other comments. I just didn't refresh the page to see your comment until after I typed up my edit. Lol, sorry.

[-] freeman@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

~~Ethernet over WiFi is WiFi. Ethernet is a protocol not the cables and its used with wired networks and WiFi.~~

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 weeks ago

Source?

I've never heard anything like this.

[-] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

It appears I either misunderstood or misremembered what I read.

It probably referred to MAC addresses being reused on WiFi. However the frames used are not Ethernet frames.

Ethernet however is not restricted to twisted pair cat cables it's on fiber and originally was on co-axial.

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

I was only referring to wired vs wireless. The type of wire is kind of irrelevant. Fiber, co-axial, whatever. :)

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