Concern has risen over Google’s popular Chromecast TV streamer’s Wi-Fi security, after a security researcher unveiled a ‘Rickmote’ remote control which hijacks any nearby Chromecast via Wi-Fi (without requiring a password), and plays the timeless internet joke/Eighties pop staple Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley on a loop.
The ‘Rickmote’ device has a large orange button with emblazoned with Rick Astley’s face, and hijacks the popular Google TV dongle via its simplified Wi-Fi connection, according to PC World. The result is a looped video of the popular video, a meme where web users attempted to trick one another into following links containing it.
Wi-Fi security alert on Chromecast as 'Rickmote' hijacks nearby boxes
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