Re:The Impending Doom of Expiring Root CAs and Legacy Clients
by anonymousab on Monday June 08, 2020 @04:05PM
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The cheaper route they'll go through first is connecting to any open wifi network (many do this now), refusing to work without a connection (some do this), and pulling a connection over HDMI (will be more common with future devices; presumably next gen consoles).
Re:The Impending Doom of Expiring Root CAs and Legacy Clients
by jjoonathan on Monday June 08, 2020 @03:46PM
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> These days won't come.
These days are already here. My TCL bootloops if it doesn't have an internet connection to download ads from, and if you call support, they'll happily walk you through getting it connected to the network.
Re:The Impending Doom of Expiring Root CAs and Legacy Clients
by DaiPlusPlus on Monday June 08, 2020 @05:39PM
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What happens if you tell them that you don’t have an internet connection?
Re:The Impending Doom of Expiring Root CAs and Legacy Clients
by TeMPOraL on Monday June 08, 2020 @03:50PM
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I meant (almost) all TVs, as GP, not a few of them.
Re:The Impending Doom of Expiring Root CAs and Legacy Clients
by the_pwner224 on Monday June 08, 2020 @03:47PM
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In the US that won't affect your warranty for SIM-unrelated issues. And most other rich countries have stricter consumer protection laws.
These days won't come. What will happen instead is TVs will start coming with embedded SIM cards for cellular data connection (prepaid or otherwise negotiated between TV vendors and telcos), and then we won't have any choice in the matter as consumers, short of opening the box up and snipping the antenna (and losing warranty in the process).