• spicy pancake@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    depends on your use case

    home automation server that doesn’t connect to the internet? nah

    media server that only occasionally gets connected to the internet? maybe

    anything else that regularly connects to the internet, definitely

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      3 months ago

      home automation server that doesn’t connect to the internet?

      Well if uses wireless connectivity with either range broader than your place or is connected to a device that is itself online it can still be a risk. Sure it’s very VERY specific but scanning techniques also improve.