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Re:Due to a problem with AWS, many "smart" vacuums or doorbe... by nineteen999 on Thursday November 26, 2020 @09:34PM (#25225131)
> I've learned my lesson and no longer buy WiFi connected "smart" devices

Not to gloat or enjoy too much schadenfreude, but many of us learnt the lesson in advance because we saw it coming. It may just be because we are old and cynical though.

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Re:Due to a problem with AWS, many "smart" vacuums or doorbe... by stevekemp on Friday November 27, 2020 @07:07AM (#25227993)
I have fun building IoT devices, which run solely against remote APIs that I can control, or a local MQ instance for exchanging messages.
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