mars hydro hacked

[chilliwilli]

hey found this on an other grow forum.

www.androidheadlines.com/2025/02/2-7-billion-iot-records-leaked-in-massive-online-data-breach.html

 

[Creeperpark]

Man That sucks.

 

[armedoldhippy]

live and learn. i had no idea they were made in China.

 

[xtsho]

"Fowler claims to have seen 13 folders in the database that contain more than 100 million records with SSID (service set identifier), commonly known as your Wi-Fi network name. Furthermore, these leaked records also contain millions of passwords, IP addresses, device ID numbers, and email addresses."

If that's true then the app people are using is sending that data back to Mars Hydro. It says on the Google Play Store that no data is collected. If true then how did they get it and why are they collecting it? Sounds like what you do is routed through their servers. I sure wouldn't install that app on my phone if it's collecting that data and sending it to a database. Just another reason I don't need any fancy fan I can control from my phone.

 

[xtsho]

Didn't Mars used to have their own section? It seems to be gone. It would be interesting to see what they have to say about capturing and storing all of their customers data with the app they say doesn't collect user data.

 

[BongBert]

Still there, but in Archive. Im not an Mars user, cuz of Reasons (dont like cheap china crap), but would be curious too, why the hell they doing mass surveillance.

 

[Frosty Nuggets]

Still there, but in Archive. Im not an Mars user, cuz of Reasons (dont like cheap china crap), but would be curious too, why the hell they doing mass surveillance.

Because China's social crediting system is coming to a country near you soon.