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0 pointsfirefax11mo ago0 comments

>These devices are flashed in factories in China and receive firmware updates over the air from China

The updates often come from US based FTP servers.

>Have you missed out on this new "AI" thing everyone is talking about?

Still need an intelligence officer to act on the data -- takes time.

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"The updates often come from US based FTP servers."

Almost never FTP and it's not a significant difference if the Chinese company uploads it to S3 and the device downloads it from there.

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0 pointsfirefax11mo ago0 comments

>These devices are flashed in factories in China and receive firmware updates over the air from China

The updates often come from US based FTP servers.

>Have you missed out on this new "AI" thing everyone is talking about?

Still need an intelligence officer to act on the data -- takes time.

"The updates often come from US based FTP servers."

Almost never FTP and it's not a significant difference if the Chinese company uploads it to S3 and the device downloads it from there.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse