Hackers can trick Wi-Fi devices into draining their own batteries

Wi-Fi devices see each other even when they’re not on the same network, and hackers can exploit this to drain your battery.

To Matthew Sparks

Devices using Wi-Fi can be tricked into draining their own batteries due to the peculiarities of how wireless networks work. Security experts say the feature, while seemingly innocuous, could be exploited to subvert his security camera or form part of an attack coordinated with other vulnerabilities. I have.

Ali Abedi and his colleagues at Stanford University in California discovered a phenomenon they call “polite Wi-Fi.”