If you buy any hardware that requires an internet connection to work return it as faulty.
Is this washer going to get software updates for it's entirely lifespan?
"It's behind NAT and a firewall".
Well if one of your other devices get infected and it gets infected now what?
"But NAT" you heard of STUN servers? It doesn't need to be in a botnet to be malicious... That's assuming your ISP router from 10 years ago without any updates isn't also vulnerable.
"But I keep an eye on my stuff" what about the 5billion other users in the world?
IOT is insecure garbage you shouldn't be putting in your house and you shouldn't let your family do so either.
What if I'm using a Unifi UDM router and all of my IoT devices are on a separate VLAN and the firewall prevents them from initializing connections to any other devices on the local network?
> what about the 5billion other users in the world?
Okay? I'm not sure how it affects me. Perhaps the people who don't "keep an eye on their stuff" are the ones who shouldn't get IoT devices, it's weird to say that nobody should get them
You are reinforcing a market driven by incorrect principles, it's got nothing to do with you. You are voting with your money and you are voting for something that shouldn't exist in the way it exists.
Easiest way to be a revolutionary is to not do something in this case. The market will self correct if you show them it's wrong. At this point you, an informed technical user, are doing a disservice to the uninformed public by continuing to support products that are arguably evil by design.
If you buy any hardware that requires an internet connection to work return it as faulty.
Is this washer going to get software updates for it's entirely lifespan?
"It's behind NAT and a firewall".
Well if one of your other devices get infected and it gets infected now what?
"But NAT" you heard of STUN servers? It doesn't need to be in a botnet to be malicious... That's assuming your ISP router from 10 years ago without any updates isn't also vulnerable.
"But I keep an eye on my stuff" what about the 5billion other users in the world?
IOT is insecure garbage you shouldn't be putting in your house and you shouldn't let your family do so either.