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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by bigtunacan on Saturday January 18, 2020 @02:06PM (#22086342)
The public at large does not care what we think.
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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by dasil003 on Saturday January 18, 2020 @03:50PM (#22087092)
Of course not, but they care when the stuff they buy bricks within a few years.
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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by TuringNYC on Sunday January 19, 2020 @06:11PM (#22094797)
Sadly, unless we as engineers, or ideally some broader body promotes some standard of device independence -- customers will eventually reject all such devices regardless of where they reside on the spectrum of cripple-able <---> independent.
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