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Re:The unbearable fussiness of the smart home by FireBeyond on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @02:28PM (#29334085)
One of the challenges is this - on one hand, we have the "IoT is notoriously insecure and manufacturers have or should have liability" argument, which is valid, and when manufacturers do actually release security updates, that should be lauded.

And then on the other we have the usability pain like this. I'd rather pay a few dollars more for more storage or an A/B firmware system so the upgrade can run async and minimize interruption.

Re:The unbearable fussiness of the smart home by outworlder on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @06:26PM (#29336420)
Mandatory software updates are not the problem. Having to restart devices to install any updates (plus the fact that it takes 10 minutes) is the problems. It's possible to engineer around that.
Re:The unbearable fussiness of the smart home by InvertedRhodium on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @04:34PM (#29335437)
Just don't use wifi. When the only firmware you need to update is in the MQTT bridge, the whole problem becomes a non-issue.
Re:The unbearable fussiness of the smart home by outworlder on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @06:26PM (#29336423)
Zigbee or Zwave devices can have firmware vulnerabilities.
Re:The unbearable fussiness of the smart home by InvertedRhodium on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:35PM (#29388211)
The attack surface at least requires physical proximity, unlike devices addressable via IP.