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westmeal 87 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: I found a backdoor into my bed

I kind of remember just connecting to the MAC of the lightbulb itself by finding it on my routers table and then plugging in the info to his script. You could change colors too by passing little JSON strings. Maybe things are different now as this was in maybe 2018ish

Tijdreiziger 86 days ago [–]

It probably would've been using the bridge's HTTP API. You likely authenticated by pushing the button on the bridge.

The lightbulbs themselves only have a Zigbee radio (and Bluetooth, but not in 2018). They communicate with the LAN via the wired bridge.

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