Hi all,
Have had a Chromecast for a while but hardly use it.
It's connected to my TV with a small USB so its self sufficient, also on my home WiFi (which is extremely secure)
Recently my wife turned our TV in our bedroom on to find some porn rolling :eek: as she's trying to turn it off (not knowing it was the Chromecast ) I woke up :eek: first thing I saw was a blurry image through my hazy eyes of a woman at the end of a mop pole ??? :eek:
Needless to say my eyes opened up rather quickly after that, then I clicked, it was the Chromecast (which as i said, I only ever use every now and again)
So I checked to see what the content was and it was just lots of small videos looping one after another, seems the guest mode switch was on and left on, not sure if it was from someone's browser or from their phone, but it was certainly not anyone in our household. Its really annoying me now that a neighbour would do this to another neighbour.
Now, I'd obviously like to know who this is so I can give them a small physical warning in manners and / or if there's been a crime committed here (not too sure on that one)
So my question is quite simple, can I get a Mac address from the Chromecast ? An IP address or even a device ? Anything to grab their identity, I know I can simply switch off guest mode which I now have but I want to know.
Apologies for being a little graphic with the content, believe me I've missed out quite a bit.
Any help would be appreciated.
Many thanks.
PS: I also understand that from an outside perspective that this sounds hilarious and I've had a giggle about it too, however if one of the kids had turned the TV on and had seen that (luckily that didn't happen) then I would not be so calm about it.
Have had a Chromecast for a while but hardly use it.
It's connected to my TV with a small USB so its self sufficient, also on my home WiFi (which is extremely secure)
Recently my wife turned our TV in our bedroom on to find some porn rolling :eek: as she's trying to turn it off (not knowing it was the Chromecast ) I woke up :eek: first thing I saw was a blurry image through my hazy eyes of a woman at the end of a mop pole ??? :eek:
Needless to say my eyes opened up rather quickly after that, then I clicked, it was the Chromecast (which as i said, I only ever use every now and again)
So I checked to see what the content was and it was just lots of small videos looping one after another, seems the guest mode switch was on and left on, not sure if it was from someone's browser or from their phone, but it was certainly not anyone in our household. Its really annoying me now that a neighbour would do this to another neighbour.
Now, I'd obviously like to know who this is so I can give them a small physical warning in manners and / or if there's been a crime committed here (not too sure on that one)
So my question is quite simple, can I get a Mac address from the Chromecast ? An IP address or even a device ? Anything to grab their identity, I know I can simply switch off guest mode which I now have but I want to know.
Apologies for being a little graphic with the content, believe me I've missed out quite a bit.
Any help would be appreciated.
Many thanks.
PS: I also understand that from an outside perspective that this sounds hilarious and I've had a giggle about it too, however if one of the kids had turned the TV on and had seen that (luckily that didn't happen) then I would not be so calm about it.
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