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I have this old TP-Link smart lightbulb, it’s the only thing that’s IoT and on WiFi in my house.

Looking through pfBlocker logs for fun, and noticed it’s been trying to connect to the Tor network.

Oh! Also, it’s been uploading and downloading 100+ MB of data a day.

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[–] Haystack 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fwiw the TP link bulbs usually have a local API that Home Assistant has an integration for. You can use that and block their internet access - unless they've removed that feature. I only used one of these briefly because someone gave it to me. Usually just use cheap ZigBee bulbs. I would throw that one out though as someone else said it's likely been compromised already...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm all in on ZigBee and z-wave. The bulb is isolated, don't even know my app login.

Do you mind sharing what ZigBee lightbulbs you recommend?

[–] Flying_Hellfish 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The zigbee bulbs I've had the best luck with are Innr, although they are kind of pricy. Ikea bulbs are good for the price, but every one I have, has very loud coil whine when off. I had some on bedside stands and had to move them to other rooms. Sengled are nice when they work, I've had issues with them dropping off my network.

Both Ikea and Innr are also repeaters, Sengled does not do repeaters in their bulbs. Neither Ikea or Innr are exactly cheap, but they've been the most solid for me.