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Though he didn't connect any network.
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There is a rumor that some connect to any open wifi, although I'm unsure how true that actually ist.

Also see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25275350

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Some IoT providers' h/w products use globally viable sim cards that can connect to supporting networks. It doesn't have to be "open wifi" since a lot of IoT is for movable objects that are shipped around.
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Don't give them ideas
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To put a finer point on it: these are ideas they had long ago and already ran with…
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And I think there’s Ethernet over HDMI to consider too.
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That was never implemented in any devices and is now a vestigal limb of the HDMI spec.
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