Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Edward Rawde" Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Re:Predictive failures Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:43:17 -0400 Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:43:20 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="81489"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" Cancel-Lock: sha1:YB8X4gXZMWfMRkd6obdBEDBHtX0= sha256:/bjwCpWxnJvxff7xplcHKp6gERkep7orcDJ2fyU9gc4= sha1:uONfzVEF5/8h7RaeP8WnInKXUek= sha256:91az8hMc6/mvdFezPo4Qby/sF49uDNEUII1qt58jcjE= X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Bytes: 2539 "Don Y" wrote in message news:uvmjmt$140d2$1@dont-email.me... > On 4/16/2024 10:25 AM, Edward Rawde wrote: >>>> Better to inform the individual who can get the replacement done when >>>> the >>>> tenant isn't even home. >>> >>> So, a WiFi/BT link to ? Now the simple smoke detector starts >>> suffering from feeping creaturism. "Download the app..." >> >> No thanks. I have the same view of cameras. >> They won't be connecting outbound to a server anywhere in the world. >> But the average user does not know that and just wants the pictures on >> their >> phone. > > There is no need for a manufacturer to interpose themselves in such > "remote access". Having the device register with a DDNS service > cuts out the need for the manufacturer to essentially provide THAT > service. Not for most users here. They tried to put me on lsn/cgnat not long ago. After complaining I was given a free static IPv4. Most users wouldn't know DDNS from a banana, and will expect it to work out of the box after installing the app on their phone. > >...