A blogger purchased a Wi-Fi-enabled smart kettle and conducted security research to understand its operation. Through network analysis and man-in-the-middle testing, they discovered the kettle communicates with Microsoft Azure cloud servers via encrypted TLS 1.2 connections rather than directly with the smartphone app.
InSpectre is a self-hosted network visibility and security tool that discovers devices on a LAN using ARP sweeps and passive sniffing, performs CVE scanning, enables device blocking via ARP MITM, tracks user presence, and manages Docker containers — all without cloud connectivity or agents.