Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills security service

Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by the8472 on Saturday January 18, 2020 @09:18AM (#22084547)

You can dial your 2400 baud modem if you find another endpoint or operate one yourself, you're not bound to a specific provider. Fax machines still work after all.

You can run norton antivirus for DOS in whatever state it was when it was last sold.

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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by scarface74 on Saturday January 18, 2020 @09:26AM (#22084583)

So now all I have to do is find someone who keeps a bank of 2400 baud modems and an updated list of virus definition files.

As far as using as it was, what good is virus protection software that only works for viruses created in the 80s?

Sure I can use a standalone gps device that I bought 10 years ago that doesn’t get updated but that doesn’t do me too much good navigating in a suburban area where most of the roads, houses and businesses didn’t even exist then.

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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by afiori on Saturday January 18, 2020 @11:38AM (#22085310)

But this is the point, manufacturers should offer improved features as incentives not intentionally and gratuitously deprecating older products.

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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by scarface74 on Saturday January 18, 2020 @01:36PM (#22086103)

It is an optional feature in this case. He could go out and buy a regular cartridge and print from his same printer.

I looked at the pricing. I would go for the free tier in a heartbeat- 15 pages a month and $1 for 10 (?) pages over that. I don’t print that often.

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