News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their treadmills. Parent comment

Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by Semaphor on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @10:35PM (#29989646)
> This type of 'update' is one reason I tend to stay away from so-called 'smart' devices.

That is why I call those devices 'dumb' devices (reminds me of a SciFi book where the AI helpers are called "artifically stupids"). Smart devices are local, no auto-updates, working with no issue in the event of an outage.

I have many smart devices, all that would stop working in the event of an internet outage, would be the voice interface.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by xvector on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @04:48AM (#29991686)
> That is why I call [smart] devices 'dumb' devices

"Dumb devices" is already an actual term, already used to refer to non-smart devices, so you are confusing anyone that has not learnt your custom vocabulary.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by Semaphor on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @04:56AM (#29991722)
You are right, I should call them stupid.

But calling them smart is also confusing when most of them aren’t, with the "smart" part being on a remote server.

[ Parent | on HN ]