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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on December 01, 2016, 01:56:56

Title: Raspberry Pi 3 gets LTE thanks to Altair chipset
Post by: Redaktion on December 01, 2016, 01:56:56
The popular Raspberry Pi 3 board computer will soon be LTE-capable with a new communications chipset from Altair.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Raspberry-Pi-3-gets-LTE-thanks-to-Altair-chipset.186331.0.html
Title: Re: Raspberry Pi 3 gets LTE thanks to Altair chipset
Post by: hiro on December 01, 2016, 02:31:19
"long-distance control of electronics such as drones, cameras, and other devices over a cellular network"

A lot more unhardened and unpatched devices are about to be connected to the public internet! Lots of fun ahead, or not: for those device owners.
Title: "unhardened and unpatched devices"
Post by: Wil on December 28, 2016, 12:22:58
Quote from: hiro on December 01, 2016, 02:31:19
"long-distance control of electronics such as drones, cameras, and other devices over a cellular network"

A lot more unhardened and unpatched devices are about to be connected to the public internet! Lots of fun ahead, or not: for those device owners.

Actually, these devices are user-programmable and are far more likely to be updated than, for example, the billion cheap android phones with no OTA.