To be free from having to have the an FTDI USB-Serial cable is nice. To update a microcontroller from anywhere, over WiFi, is divine.
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@starsandrobots Also invites some interesting security concerns, no? -
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@starsandrobots@particle Oh. I can't find specifics about their protocol, but a serial cable is a trusted medium, WiFi and the cloud aren't -
@starsandrobots@particle There simply have to be a bevy of new considerations about trusting messages over an untrusted medium. -
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@starsandrobots@particle A serial cable only authz's what is plugged into it. There can be authz bugs in soft/firmware serial can't have. - 2 more replies
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