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Re:The 'internet of things' is sending us back to the Middle... by wepple on Sunday September 17, 2017 @08:51PM (#15272603)
This is a great solution to the ownership problem, but now each individual is responsible for patching and updating their 25 devices? Doesn't solve the security problem.
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Re:The 'internet of things' is sending us back to the Middle... by pmontra on Monday September 18, 2017 @02:32AM (#15273793)
The home gateway could download the patches and send them to the devices. Its firewall will prevent them to phone home or somewhere else no matter what into those patches.
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