Re:The unbearable fussiness of the smart home
by outworlder on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @06:26PM
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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
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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
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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
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The attack surface at least requires physical proximity, unlike devices addressable via IP.
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.