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For now, maybe its only pinging the servers (for which we still don't have the full story) but who knows what happens with the next update, assuming it doesn't
by sizzzzlerz 4y ago
For now, maybe its only pinging the servers (for which we still don't have the full story) but who knows what happens with the next update, assuming it doesn't brick your device, that is.
- jchw 4y agoNo fan of the internet of shit here or anything, but I don't think these aspects of the firmware will get any more nefarious. The other terrible things about smart home devices are already well-known. As usual, I just recommend sticking to only smart home equipment that can work over local radio or some other bus that's not internet connected. Strongly recommend people check out home assistant; for moderate power users it's pretty easy to wrangle a bunch of Bluetooth LE, ZigBee and Zwave devices. I can find off the shelf Zwave devices at my local Lowe's and ZigBee at my local Best Buy (Philips Hue devices work fine for me out of the box.) Of course, when it comes to ovens, you're probably shit out of luck. But whatever. Not sure what serious value add a radio on an oven adds. Guess you can see the timer from the couch... I'll be keeping my Samsung appliances off the network personally. No real need for whatever SmartThings might offer anyways.
- sizzzzlerz 4y agoI agree its probably benign, but its really hard to trust companies these days to do the right thing. Consumers are basically being treated as sheep to be sheared.
- pphysch 4y agoAnd literally any piece of Internet-connected software could start doing nefarious things, whether or not it pings google.com (or non-Western equivalents). This is a sensationalist piece of blogspam, probably designed to get picked up by a unscrupulous tabloid and boost the author's engagement metrics.