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Shit, I just bought one of these, I wonder if it is too late to return it. I've just about had it with all of these "smart" things that fail to live up to the a
by thescriptkiddie 8y ago
Shit, I just bought one of these, I wonder if it is too late to return it. I've just about had it with all of these "smart" things that fail to live up to the advertising and get worse with every firmware update.
- com2kid 8y agoTo be fair, it looks like they are closing off some security vulnerabilities, and I'm hoping they wouldn't kick up this much of a PR nightmare unless the security vulnerabilities were some type of horrific RCE. They might advert this PR storm if this if they just document the vulnerabilities that they fixed.
- bahnburner 8y agoBut this was a local API, so unless an attacker already had physical access to your network there should be no way for the exploit to be utilized.
- kevin_b_er 8y agoThat is because they are designed against you owning them. They are slaves to their corporate masters, who are their true owners. They are designed and given automatic or semiautomatic firmware updates that can and do remove features because it provides more profiteering to the corporation.