Internet update shuts people out from their home!

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Internet update shuts people out from their home!

Postby viking60 » 12 Aug 2017, 23:23

The Internet of things is a charming Wild West.
There is this fancy lock that can be very handy if you rent out a flat or something because you do not have to hand out keys.

Changing the code is enough:
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but now an internet software update has cut of the lock from the net...resulting in a bricked lock.
Hardware biz Lockstate has managed to brick hundreds of internet-connected so-called smart locks on people's front doors with a bad firmware update.

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And that is highly impractical for those who live there....

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Re: Internet update shuts people out from their home!

Postby R_Head » 12 Aug 2017, 23:54

Ahhhhhhh the internet of things :lol:


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