Aardvark
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Living in soggy 22 and still wondering what's going on.
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Post by Aardvark on Jan 19, 2024 20:57:11 GMT 1
that can't wait for the next step into the future to fill your lives with internet connected gismos. Smart? washing machine |
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Post by robertarthur on Jan 21, 2024 16:52:45 GMT 1
Will this be enough? Stay Safe: 8 Ways to Protect Your Smart Home From Hackers. Missing # 9: grid problem, power outage. Honey, how to get out, the front door won't open! Blackout... |
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Aardvark
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Living in soggy 22 and still wondering what's going on.
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Post by Aardvark on Jan 21, 2024 17:07:57 GMT 1
One of the 8-ways mentioned in the link stuck in my mind. Firmware updates. Am I asking too much to have these things equipped with bugproof software before they are put on sale? Or has Microsoft set the industry standard for releasing things to the public before they are fully tested. The public are the testers (aka guinea pigs) that hopefully receive security updates before the flaw causes too many problems. And also run the risk that the "update" will brick their device and have to wait for a fix to fix the fix that broke it in the first place. Then at some point the OS will be changed to the point where the consumer has to dump his device and buy a new more powerful one because the wonderful new "update" won't run on it.
Roll the dice people. This is the future.
Or instead of a voice command gadget, get off your butt and push a switch manually.
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suein56
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Southern Morbihan 56 Brittany
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Post by suein56 on Jan 21, 2024 18:34:44 GMT 1
The public are the testers (aka guinea pigs) that hopefully receive security upldates before the flaw causes too many problems. And also run the risk that the "update" will brick their device and have to wait for a fix to fix the fix that broke it in the first place. My grand-daughter travels by car constantly here and there for her job so she and her partner have made available remote access to their central heating to adjust the timer. So if she thinks she is going to get home earlier then she thought, and it has turned colder than previously advised, she can switch on the heating sooner than programmed. Super; but I still worry about the hacking of such apps, never mind the pertinent things you mention re 'updates' OS changes or upgrade. A possible perfect nightmare in my view. |
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Post by robertarthur on Jan 21, 2024 18:50:57 GMT 1
My solution now: to protect my equipment I hired someone with professional experience, new job: crime fighter. Hope this helps.  |
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Jan 21, 2024 22:02:35 GMT 1
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Jan 21, 2024 22:14:30 GMT 1
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Post by robertarthur on Jan 22, 2024 9:49:16 GMT 1
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Jan 22, 2024 10:31:48 GMT 1
, “To sleep; perchance to dream: ay there’s the rub: for in that sleep of death what dreams may come?”
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