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Re:Say Cheese: a snapshot of the massive DDoS attacks coming... by snaily on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @12:23PM (#12685846)
While this is a case of "two wrongs make a right"[0] - anything that provides even some value without the backend up will still be connected, perennially at risk of getting taken over by a bad actor.

[0] And a pretty strong argument against "forever" IoT devices.

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Re:Say Cheese: a snapshot of the massive DDoS attacks coming... by foota on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @04:38PM (#12688324)
Maybe the solution is some sort of prepaid credit for a cloud computing network? like lambda or something. That would at least shift the burden of staying running.
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