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Not long after, hobbyists and hackers will be hijacking that cellular connection.
by oftenwrong 5y ago
Not long after, hobbyists and hackers will be hijacking that cellular connection.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y agoCFAA violation in America, no?
- atat7024 5y agopffffffffft
- MikeUt 5y agoCFAA requires you to interfere with someone else's computer. Presumably, the computer in the washing machine you bought is yours, so the manufacturer would (should..) have no standing.
- klyrs 5y agoPresumably... but companies have been pushing the limits on what you can consider "yours" for a few decades now. Sure, you bought the hardware... but they might think they "own" the cellular chip because they pay for the bandwidth or something.
- breakingcups 5y ago"You merely licensed the hardware"
- tbatchelli 5y agoI think in California it's CCPA that not only protects personal data, but also against the non-consented collection of data by devices owned by the person or in the person's own home.
- jsiepkes 5y agoTelecom providers will probably provide a service for companies like LG to lock down the connection in such a way it can only access their services. Kind of like they already provide MPLS and such.
- rasz 5y ago"A Polish charity has received a huge phone bill after it lost a GPS tracker that it had placed on the back of a stork, it's reported." https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-44645217 https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-44645217