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Insight: Rogue communication devices found in Chinese solar power inverters (www.reuters.com)
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[-] iii@mander.xyz 22 points 4 days ago

While inverters are built to allow remote access for updates and maintenance, the utility companies that use them typically install firewalls to prevent direct communication back to China.

Having worked at one: no they don't

[-] Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

If they have cellular, then a firewall won’t do anything lol

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