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Normally you can block any device's update if you figure out the server for the update content/update check, and block it out from your router and/or DNS.
by ncann 5y ago
Normally you can block any device's update if you figure out the server for the update content/update check, and block it out from your router and/or DNS.
- EvanAnderson 5y agoThe "solution" for that will be embedded 5G connections.
- konschubert 5y agoThat would work equally well with LTE. It's not happening because it would increase cost.
- seanp2k2 5y ago"Luckily" in the US, the carrier oligopoly here won't sell you a cheap IoT plan for cell connectivity, and the "lifetime" plans sold to manufacturers are probably at least $50-100 in volume.
- pjerem 5y agoOh no, in fact, it’s just around the corner. https://aws.amazon.com/fr/private5g/ https://aws.amazon.com/fr/private5g/
- jitl 5y agoPrivate 5G is like an alternative to wifi for a large industrial complex or something. No one is going to cover your house in it. You should be more worried about Sidewalk. https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Sidewalk/b?ie=UTF8&node=21328123011 https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Sidewalk/b?ie=UTF8&node=213281...
- chana_masala 5y agoCan you explain further?
- fragmede 5y agoMaybe not on optional treadmills, but that's already here for CPAP machines that insurance pays for - they log data to an SD card in case you don't have reception, but it also has an LTE modem to upload it so the insurance company can check up on you and make sure you're using that machine, or else charge you more money for it.
- seanp2k2 5y agoThe remedy for that will be wrapping the internal antenna in foil or cell tower emulation.
- Retr0id 5y agoThe remedy for that will be requiring a network handshake to occur on boot.
- fknorangesite 5y agoAnd when wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.
- Dylan16807 5y agoAt that point it should be easy to return, at least.
- chris_wot 5y agoAt which point, you tell them you have no coverage and get a refund.
- fragmede 5y agoThe remedy for that is to emulate the server The remedy for that is to encrypt the communication The remedy for that is to MITM the server connection The remedy for that is HSTS... It's a cat a mouse game, the better solution for society (imo) is to have specific rights enshrined by law to allow for a qualified 3rd parties to access a system's internals.
- Arnavion 5y agoThe one advantage of playing the cat-and-mouse game is that the longer it goes on, the more complexity ends up being in the firmware (TLS, HPKP, etc as you already listed), which increases the likelihood of a bug that can be exploited to take over it.
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- huhtenberg 5y agoThe "solution" is to allow the device use only "official" resolver servers, accessed via encrypted channel, secured by a PKI with a private root.
- rckoepke 5y agoAmazon sidewalk, actually. Should prove cheaper and work near any sense housing.
- nvr219 5y agoI put all my gym equipment in a faraday cage
- charles_f 5y agoFirst covid then gym equipment, 5G is the worst