[-] Nate@postit.quantentoast.de 6 points 1 year ago

I agree, using a VPN is generally a good idea (if the alternative is exposing it to the web directly).

[-] Nate@postit.quantentoast.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The same risk is true of any electric device.

Yeah, that's right. Better safe than sorry :D

[-] Nate@postit.quantentoast.de 5 points 1 year ago

That's true.

Like in the example, Why the heck should a stove should need cloud access. Or even better... a tesla power wall... -.-

[-] Nate@postit.quantentoast.de 1 points 1 year ago

Thats true. I assumed that the bamboo Labs printer has some kind of thermal shutdown / overheating protection.

But i guess that is not enough. They should also habe a fire detection. Something like a smoke detector (optional would also be fine)

My printer got one installed above (but this one is because i fear that my PSU is catching fire xD )

[-] Nate@postit.quantentoast.de 3 points 1 year ago

They could burn some of the Material, but the Gases which get produced by this should not be enough to kill someone (else way more people would be dead i guess).

[-] Nate@postit.quantentoast.de 6 points 1 year ago

Wait what?!? ๐Ÿ˜… What kind of 3D-printer did they use?

Do FDM-printer emit that much carbon monoxide?

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This is a good example, why not all devices should be connected to foreign servers. Errors can happen everywhere. But it could end badly, if some Corporations make errors and creating trouble, which would otherwise not happen.

In the case of the 3D-printer it is not that bad (except it destroys itself or even gets on fire), also you can turn it off. But imagine a smart stove top that lights up a towel (or something similar) while nobody is home.

Not, that I think that it is not useful to have something like that, but wouldn't it be nice, if that stuff would work locally? (with the WireGuard integration in modems, the access from outside of home with the smartphone, should also be no problem for non-tech people)

Nate

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