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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32265822

xkcd #3109: Dehumidifier

xkcd #3109: Dehumidifier

Title text:

It's important for devices to have internet connectivity so the manufacturer can patch remote exploits.

Transcript:

[A store salesman, Hairy, is showing Cueball a dehumidifier, with a "SALE" label on it. Several other unidentified devices, possibly other dehumidifier models, are shown in the store as well.]

Salesman: This dehumidifier model features built-in WiFi for remote updates.
Cueball: Great! That will be really useful if they discover a new kind of water.

Source: https://xkcd.com/3109/

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[–] teppa@piefed.ca 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I was an idiot and bought a high end TPLink router, I can't even use Vlans without signing up for their back door service.

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 day ago

maybe install openwrt/ddwrt?

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah. Even my old solid netgear got a firmware update that's begging me to get the app now. Shobe that shit up your ass.

At least give me a checkbox to stop bothering me

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah that's on my todo list. I've got 3 decent but old routers.

[–] RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Shit, are consumer appliances really getting that bad? ew!

[–] teppa@piefed.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'd assume all Chinese devices are being backdoored via CCP incentives. Buy Asus perhaps, assuming Taiwan never gets infiltrated.

[–] unique_hemp@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Don't buy ASUS, they have a terrible security record. At this point I would trust only MikroTik and Ubiquiti.

[–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

Ubiquiti

And they too aggressively push their cloud services and at least some point their management tool gave you ads on their other products.

[–] splendoruranium@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago

I was an idiot and bought a high end TPLink router, I can’t even use Vlans without signing up for their back door service.

Hm, at least with their enterprise equipment you can completely disable Omada.