Re:SmartDry’s useful laundry sensor to be cloud-bricked next...
by michaelt on Thursday September 01, 2022 @08:23PM
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I suspect there's no easy solution to this.
As a power user, of course I prefer to connect to devices directly rather than through a sketchy cloud service.
But we've also got to acknowledge that the networked security cameras of 15 years ago regularly ended up making their videos public to anyone with a web browser - or becoming part of a DDOS botnet. So I can see why manufacturers aren't in a hurry to ask users to forward ports from their home firewalls any more.
As a power user, of course I prefer to connect to devices directly rather than through a sketchy cloud service.
But we've also got to acknowledge that the networked security cameras of 15 years ago regularly ended up making their videos public to anyone with a web browser - or becoming part of a DDOS botnet. So I can see why manufacturers aren't in a hurry to ask users to forward ports from their home firewalls any more.