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Re:IoT Growing Faster Than the Ability to Defend It by goalieca on Sunday October 30, 2016 @03:30PM (#12831733)
I have an ancient programmable thermostat. It allows me to program heating and cooling for the house. It is wired. I do not host my private information on the cloud. I do not have to send wireless data. I do not have to worry about security updates, feature patches, or bugs. It was thoroughly tested under a waterfall development cycle with strict functional requirements.
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Re:IoT Growing Faster Than the Ability to Defend It by paulddraper on Sunday October 30, 2016 @04:49PM (#12832182)
I have a sprinkler system with similar qualities.
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Re:IoT Growing Faster Than the Ability to Defend It by sbov on Sunday October 30, 2016 @06:39PM (#12832893)
Mine isn't, because I always forget to activate rain delay. And under our water restriction, we could get fined for watering within 24 hours of rain.

I'm assuming you always remember?

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Re:IoT Growing Faster Than the Ability to Defend It by paulddraper on Sunday October 30, 2016 @11:47PM (#12834174)
No, I use a rain sensor. Also not connected to the internet.
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