Re: Why...? Just Why?
You beat me too it. Standalone devices, even if they can have a firmware upgrade, should not be connecting to the internet to phone home. If they are connecting it should be on the positive control of the owner for a very specific purpose.
My digital cameras get firmware updates. The manual process for updating the firmware is rather convoluted. The update is downloaded using a computer. The file is transferred to the SD card at a very specific location on the card. The SD card is loaded into the camera. Then the camera is turned on and the update is process. At no time does the camera have direct internet access to get the firmware.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
