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IOT devices (including printers) get firewalled to have no access outside my LAN, and I don't let my PCs run the kind of software that would fetch a firmware up
by wtallis 2y ago
IOT devices (including printers) get firewalled to have no access outside my LAN, and I don't let my PCs run the kind of software that would fetch a firmware update and push it to another device without prompting me. The first line of security should always be not connecting it to the Internet unnecessarily. This is especially important when the list of probable attackers starts (and ends) with the manufacturer.
- zubiaur 2y agoAbsolutely. Rarely do I need a device to have access to the internet. Printers, speakers, sensors, vacuum cleaners, dishwasher. Nothing gets to talk to the outside world. They are appliances, and if they work they work. Unless something is broken, I leave them alone. The only exception so far has been the robot lawn mower, that supposedly adapts to weather forecast. But it will be jailed soon, too.