Does that mean if your laptop is on your network, they can control and access that?
Beyond the basics, what does access to a device on your home network grant them? Any other device connected to that home network - smart fridges, smart stoves, smart washing machines, laptops - is typically routable via your bed. The (in)security of those devices is now entrusted to random Eight Sleep engineers.
What the article is saying is that they can use the bed as a back door into your home network. From there they operate at the same trust level as anything else on your local network, and anything on your lpcal network that would be vulnerable to an attacker on your local network would be vulnerable to them.
Does that mean if your laptop is on your network, they can control and access that?
What the article is saying is that they can use the bed as a back door into your home network. From there they operate at the same trust level as anything else on your local network, and anything on your lpcal network that would be vulnerable to an attacker on your local network would be vulnerable to them.
It means that they can effectively use it as a VPN to access your private network, if like most, it is on the same network as other devices.
Really though, that’s of little concern compared to their sale of sensitive customer data