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LOL.

Not sure it's 100% applicable, but certainly my proposal would indeed by illegal black-hattery, unless done by a legit pen-tester.

I'd never do such a thing, but I might now be more aware that the little plastic block attached to the socket over there could easily be a cheap, full linux system running some sort of metasploit/neopwn variant...

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We are now beyond assuming that you can "see" the tiny computer over there. You can pretty assume that for example that any electrical device could have one of these concealed in it. That includes electric cords and light bulbs.

Additionally these can be hidden in non-electrical objects with small batteries and run for weeks.

Well this is true, I guess it just struck me that this is a convenient and easily overlooked form-factor, and pretty dirt cheap.

This is exactly why I dismantle and inspect all 'unimaginably cheap' pieces of tech before using them for their intended purpose. That, and curiosity. There are many clever cost-cutting hacks to be learned that way.

One of my favourite youtube channels is BigClivedotcom's, where he takes apart a bunch of cheap gadgets.

https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom

Agreed.

Given that these come from China, maybe they already have that firmware ;)

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