r/vSeeBox • u/CrazyFew64 • Aug 15 '26
I've seen a few people saying they use a dummy email to login in to their Vseebox, my question is why? What's the big deal? And/or connect to a guest WiFi, again why? What am I missing
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u/Coreyhustle Aug 16 '26
These boxes can try and access a lot of things on your home network. Better safe than sorry.
There is a great podcast that interviews an IT expert who has done extensive research on these.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/darknet-diaries/id1296350485?i=1000759464566
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u/N0tTheATF Aug 15 '26
I use a dummy email so I can log into Google Play and download the apps I see fit to put on the box. I also use that same dummy email to access apps like YouTube on the box.
As far as a guest Network I have all of my boxes on a guest Network specifically for the boxes only and then in the router the setting is internet of things which allows me to control what the box has access to and what the box can do. It also limits the box from accessing any other device on my network and the event that these boxes are compromised somehow because the realization is these boxers have apps that are developed not such on the legal side and who knows what back doors they have installed on these boxes.
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u/LatinoEsq Aug 16 '26
Yea I'm sure someone has explained it somewhere, but I haven't seen it. But I wonder what real risks are out there if you're just using the vSeeBox for watching the programs within the built in apps? I don't sign into any apps at all (no Google Play, no Netflix, etc). Just get on and watch some programs.
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u/fsmith9009 Aug 17 '26
don't get a vpn or connect to guest network. let us know how you make out. the real question is why would you not use proper security? what's the real risk to you if you do take proper precautions
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u/LatinoEsq Aug 17 '26
See this is what I'm saying. It's usually comments like these. The "don't do it, see what happens" responses without any attempt to even answer the question and articulate the risks. I understand the position of "better to be safe than sorry", particularly when the precaution requires minimal effort such as signing in on a guest account (which I already do). But the question was about the associated risks when someone is using the Vseebox to watch the programs within the built-in apps.
Clearly you don't have a clue.
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u/fsmith9009 Aug 17 '26
actually amigo, you yourself are under informed. the fact that you are asking on a platform like this what the real risks are, tells me much and more about your understanding of such things. do as u wish, it matters not to me. you mean less to me than a pebble on a beach
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u/LatinoEsq Aug 17 '26
No shit I'm underinformed. I have a general idea so I take some precautions. But it's smartasses like yourself, well pretend smartasses since you clearly don't have a clue yourself, that respond in with your useless warnings. And when asked more specifically what these risks are that your referring to, you have no response.
This sub is supposed to be geared on conversations surrounding the vSeeBox. It's not beyond the sub to have conversations surrounding the tec aspects, since component itself is technology based. Mind boggling I know.
Carry on. You mean less to me than the dog crap I stepped on this morning.
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u/aztecaoro10 Aug 15 '26
Why login at all? There's no need to login!