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“Thanks for the tax breaks, but now we are off to the next tax breaks”
“Thanks for the tax breaks, but now we are off to the next tax breaks”
A few years ago, I saw a cheap GSM adapter for a PC for e.g. emergency messages of the server. It was cheap, as it only supported 3G. Luckily, I checked availability of 3G before I bought it, as it would have been a doorstopper here.
OK, that is USA. They have been a bit backwards for a long time, so this is not a surprise.
2G? That is a word I have not heard in a long time.
Good. Lock them up and throw the key in the gutter.
I stand corrected. Thank you!
Until the router needs to be reset, or something else happens to it.
That’s what “configuration backups” are for. You’ve got some, don’t you?
There is an easily hackable and cheap device from IKEA by the name of “VINDRIKTNING”. There are YT videos on how to wifi-enable that thing and integrate it into home automation services.
If only AI was smart enough to bring us this breakthrough…
Not everybody has the money for an extra router.
No need for an extra router. I just put those device into the “has no internet access” group. It is one of those “Parental Control” things. Every device inside the net can see and talk to it, but itself cannot talk to anything outside.
This is not just about the amount of data. I’m well aware that the measured amounts were totally off. Nonetheless, it is about being allowed to send any kind of data to the outside at all. And while it is probably quite convenient that you can get a message when a device has done a job, it is sufficient that you as the owner gets it, not anyone outside.
Luckily, most embedded devices lack the smart to attach to two networks at the same time. So you keep it locked into a network where it can only do your bidding, and it won’t listen to anyone else. Unless they built in some very crazy and nefarious code and drive around with network enabled cars in the owners neighborhood.
Just put the device on a separate wifi without internet access, or look at the “child protection” features of your router. Ours can put devices based on their MAC into “access groups” which range from “full access” over “internet from <time> to <time>” to “no internet at all”.
Easy: Just use the right browser and adblocker, and you basically have premium, but without the ads they still throw at you.
Whoever invents sich a thing simply underestimates the target groups’ ability to analyzes this and in a not-so-far future will filter such things out.
Put all the data in the cloud, they said. It will all be save and handled by professionals!
Why? I mean if I need a Linux machine, I buy an Intel or AMD machine for half the price and just install Linux. Paying Mac tax makes no sense here.
I’ve seen a VHDL implementation of the Z80 on the net. It is so old, it’s last fixes were from 19 years ago…