[yholio]

Pro-tip: never connect any appliance, vehicle or device to the internet unless you really need the internet-enabled functionality. What you want is dumb devices that work reliably within their initial operating parameters and have a security air-gap.

This prevents exploitation of their crufty software, but also prevents the manufacturer to brick or otherwise use them against you with unscrupulous updates. If a software update exists, you will apply it manually if you are bothered by the specific bugs.

Never auto-update embedded software, never trust them on your network if they don't belong there, never trust their programmers to do anything but a half-ass hack, the absolute minimum required to get the product out the door, expecting they will issue updates.

[BeefWellington]

Especially for vehicles this is becoming increasingly harder.[1][2][3]

[1]: https://www.zdnet.com/article/connected-cars-how-5g-and-iot-...

[2]: https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/markets/digital-identity-and-...

[3]: https://www.ericsson.com/en/connected-vehicles