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>I have been interested in exploring the possibility of local network access on my Sleep Number bed for a few years. A while back I created a homebridge plugin for the platform that would let me control some of the settings of the bed through HomeKit or some automations. The "bed presence" value, which indicated whether somebody was in bed or not, was especially nice for running automations such as turning off all the lights or locking the door. However, after running the plugin for a couple years and growing the user base large enough, I received a friendly phone call from corporate Sleep Number asking me to kindly disable the plugin.

Archive: https://archive.today/ZXH2K From the post: >>I have been interested in exploring the possibility of local network access on my Sleep Number bed for a few years. A while back I created a homebridge plugin for the platform that would let me control some of the settings of the bed through HomeKit or some automations. The "bed presence" value, which indicated whether somebody was in bed or not, was especially nice for running automations such as turning off all the lights or locking the door. However, after running the plugin for a couple years and growing the user base large enough, I received a friendly phone call from corporate Sleep Number asking me to kindly disable the plugin.

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What I did find was a "convenient" backdoor that Sleep Number can use to SSH back into the hub (and my internal home network as a result).

All consumer-facing devices have a backdoor like this. I try not to buy devices that can't be operated without access to external networks or (((cloud))) services.

Cool article. I don't have a sleep number, but if I did...

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Yeah, you can basically just assume any kind of internet connected device that you buy that has a "cloud" or "app" element is backdooring your network. It is a good reason to vlan things and have isolated SSID's for devices like that if you have them as well as blocking as much inbound/outbound as you can.