> With 5G and future connectivity, it feels as there will be push towards not being able to block the network access of individual devices, such that a TV or fridge will just speak to its server directly via some XG/IoT network which the user does control, without any user ability to block this communication.
Amazon Sidewalk [1] is pretty much already there (assuming uptake is high enough, and I believe it's opt-out, so it probably is). From what I recall, the bandwidth is low, but that didn't seem to be a technical requirement but a political one to prevent leeching so much bandwidth the user notices.
I think you're right, though. Usage is going to proliferate until laws reign it in, or someone develops an "electromagnetic radiation firewall" that allows fine-grained control over physical signals. The only other option I can think of is a soldering iron, but that's not terribly feasible. I'll take a soldering iron to a $40 part, but I'm not going to risk frying a nice new refrigerator or other expensive appliance.
Amazon Sidewalk [1] is pretty much already there (assuming uptake is high enough, and I believe it's opt-out, so it probably is). From what I recall, the bandwidth is low, but that didn't seem to be a technical requirement but a political one to prevent leeching so much bandwidth the user notices.
I think you're right, though. Usage is going to proliferate until laws reign it in, or someone develops an "electromagnetic radiation firewall" that allows fine-grained control over physical signals. The only other option I can think of is a soldering iron, but that's not terribly feasible. I'll take a soldering iron to a $40 part, but I'm not going to risk frying a nice new refrigerator or other expensive appliance.
1. https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Sidewalk/b?ie=UTF8&node=213281...