On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 05:13:31PM -0400, Jon Lewis wrote: > This is one of my bigger concerns every time I buy something that's "cloud > controlled". Not so much that the manufacturer will force it's retirement, > but "what happens if they go belly up, or just kill the division that > supports my device?" A cloud controlled networked device, with no cloud, is > not terribly useful.
1. This has happened already, e.g., Nest. It will happen again. Many times. 2. Such a device may not be terribly useful *to you*, but in its neglected, unremarked, unmaintained state it may become very useful to attackers. ---rsk