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codedokode • today at 5:28 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

You could connect to an on-premise server. As a bonus, the manufacturer cannot disable them and extort money in this case.


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esikich • today at 6:34 PM

They most likely are. Third party techs then access them over Citrix or VPN/RDP. There could be some cloud portion that aggregates data or pushes policies and schedules as well.

fusslo • today at 5:31 PM

If the only usecase is monitoring, then why make the fridges anything else but report-only?

No firmware updates. no admin configuration. no ssh backdoors. just a transmit-only system

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