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No problem, says China, if they can't get at us via software and the Internet, they'll just start installing Trojans and RATs on every electronic device they ev
by NoZebra120vClip 4y ago
No problem, says China, if they can't get at us via software and the Internet, they'll just start installing Trojans and RATs on every electronic device they ever send us (source: my current laptop was custom manufactured and shipped direct from Shenzhen).
- jacquesm 4y agoI bought an inverter for a set of solar panels recently and the only way to read it out / configure it is to allow it bi-directional access to and from a bunch of servers in China. I declined, and stuck a bunch of current transforms on the output lines so that gives me proper logging but there is no way to reach the configuration and setup other than what the display and infuriatingly broken single button interface provides. This is one of the major manufacturers ("Growatt") and the market is such right now that you take what you can. There is absolutely no way I'm going to give unfettered access to a bunch of power infrastructure in my house to a Chinese server without even so much as a protocol description or a way to selectively disable certain functionality (such as all remote control and updates).
- whitehexagon 4y agoJust tripped over the same thing. Axpert MAX inverter requires .cn cloud connected App. Prev gen had BLE local control. I had a look at trying to reverse engineer the protocol, but not much progress since I refuse to run the App. I can send a UDP message to tell it use my TCP server, but then it seems to require a magic knock at the door.