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minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·1 day agoI’m assuming it runs on AI and the company has to provide the backend. So yeah, if you purchase something that requires a company’s infrastructure, it can certainly be bricked.
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 day agoWhich is why you should only buy stuff that relies on local APIs and on board processing.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 day agoSelf-hosting makes more sense every day.
I’m assuming it runs on AI and the company has to provide the backend. So yeah, if you purchase something that requires a company’s infrastructure, it can certainly be bricked.
Which is why you should only buy stuff that relies on local APIs and on board processing.
Self-hosting makes more sense every day.