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And when the webpage is no longer updated?

Heck, we've even seen that model simply to use goods you've purchased, as with digital restrictions malignant books, music, videos, and games, where the restrictions-management servers were discontinued and access to the goods (bads) bought requiring them became useless.



The device itself is serving up the webpage. It doesn't get updated. It's connected to the network and you visit the ip address or whatever


Ah, got it.

Though there is still the prospect of broken or insecure applications. Depending on the specific use case, that might or might not be an issue.

Though there's the casino whose network was hacked through a fish tank:

http://www.businessinsider.com/hackers-stole-a-casinos-datab...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16844462




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