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Re:Due to a problem with AWS, many "smart" vacuums or doorbe... by Brian_K_White on Friday November 27, 2020 @05:28AM (#25227356)
Then what prevents the app from being the path, in either/both directions? Reporting on the activities of the devices it can see, as well as sending firmware updates to them?

Your printer gets firmware updates from HP, whenever HP wants, right past all your firewalls and vlans and non-routable subnets, in the form of print jobs from your pc.

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Re:Due to a problem with AWS, many "smart" vacuums or doorbe... by lbotos on Friday November 27, 2020 @07:03AM (#25227966)
Source? While in principle your reasoning make sense, is this actually how HP updates their firmware?
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Re:Due to a problem with AWS, many "smart" vacuums or doorbe... by cowsandmilk on Friday November 27, 2020 @07:10AM (#25228007)
Where did it say the app has to be on a device that can see the internet?
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