Introduction
A few years ago, I bought a remote controlled outlet from Walmart. I don’t recall the exact price, but it was less than $20. It was pretty much purchased for the explicit reason of trying to understand how they worked. The end goal, is that I wanted to know if
- I could decode/intercept the signals
- It was vulnerable to replay attacks
Tools Used
- RTL SDR
- Yardstick One
- Inspectrum
- GQRX
- rfcat
This is going to be quite a long post, so I suggest getting a cup of coffee before continuing. At the end, I have included a youtube video showing the entire process.