Ask HN: How to capture IoT network traffic?

4 pointsgrezql5 comments

I have a Smart TV and a Bose QC. I dont trust either of these. How can I capture the network traffic?

Are there any Wifi routers out there that supports packet level inspection?

There is a tcpdump/wireshark module on OpenWRT. You might want to go with a router that is capable to capture and store the dumps like the extendable Turris Omnia. Highly recommended router.

thanks, you gave me a starting point.

I vaguely remember the pineapple from HAK5 can do MITM stuff. Not sure whether that could be used to unveil encrypted traffic from your devices to their homes.

Does Wireshark work for this purpose?

I dont think so? Wireshark will capture the packets sent to/from my PC only? The other packets, if network card is capable of promiscious mode, will be encrypted?

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