{"id":11684,"date":"2021-09-26T14:40:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T19:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/?p=11684"},"modified":"2021-09-26T14:40:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T19:40:58","slug":"millions-of-iphones-tvs-and-other-devices-could-go-offline-next-week-heres-why-updated-toms-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/millions-of-iphones-tvs-and-other-devices-could-go-offline-next-week-heres-why-updated-toms-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions of iPhones, TVs and other devices could go offline next week \u2014 here&#8217;s why [updated] | Tom&#8217;s Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/news\/internet-disconnect-sept-30\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/HEadGunBUEjAomF4poHcfV-320-80.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of an iPhone 6 in the hands of a woman wearing a red dress.\" width=\"491\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/news\/internet-disconnect-sept-30\">Millions of iPhones, TVs and other devices could go offline next week \u2014 here&#8217;s why [updated] | Tom&#8217;s Guide<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Expiring security standard may cripple internet access.<\/p>\n<p><em>UPDATED to add Windows-based servers as another class of device that might have connection trouble next week.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-unit-1\" class=\"ad-unit\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"bordeaux-static-slot-6\" data-feat-ref=\"bordeaux-feat-id-142\"><\/div>\n<p>Old Macs, iPhones, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo 3DS gaming consoles, an unknown number of smart TVs, set-top boxes and other &#8220;smart&#8221; devices, and even some PlayStation 4s may lose some internet connectivity next week.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest hawk-processed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" data-widget-id=\"6299875731572426000\" data-result=\"missing\"><\/aside>\n<div id=\"bordeaux-static-slot-7\" data-feat-ref=\"bordeaux-feat-id-143\"><\/div>\n<p>That&#8217;s because a widely used digital certificate used to verify secure internet connections expires on Sept. 30, and millions of older devices won&#8217;t be able to update to install newer certificates.<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-in-article\" class=\"taboola-in-article\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/news\/macos-finder-inetloc-flaw\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">Every Mac can be hacked by this new flaw, and there&#8217;s no fix yet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/news\/hps-new-34-inch-all-in-one-pc-looks-light-years-ahead-of-apples-imac\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">HP\u2019s new 34-inch all-in-one PC looks light years ahead of Apple&#8217;s iMac<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Plus:\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/news\/windows-11-is-getting-an-update-to-make-it-better-for-android-users\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">Windows 11 is getting an update to make it better for Android users<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"bordeaux-static-slot-8\" data-feat-ref=\"bordeaux-feat-id-144\"><\/div>\n<p>As a result, many activities that requires a secure internet connection \u2014 from watching Netflix to checking your email to reading regular websites \u2014 may not work on older devices<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Millions of iPhones, TVs and other devices could go offline next week \u2014 here&#8217;s why [updated] | Tom&#8217;s Guide Expiring security standard may cripple internet access. UPDATED to add Windows-based servers as another class of device that might have connection trouble next week. Old Macs, iPhones, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo 3DS gaming consoles, an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/millions-of-iphones-tvs-and-other-devices-could-go-offline-next-week-heres-why-updated-toms-guide\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Millions of iPhones, TVs and other devices could go offline next week \u2014 here&#8217;s why [updated] | Tom&#8217;s Guide<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11686,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11684\/revisions\/11686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}