Creating a centralized log is monitoring. It doesn't need write access to the defrost setting.
replyYep, but once you have internet connectivity, things escalate and people say "wouldn't it be convenient if we can also...."
replyYou have to wonder about the monitoring - it apparently wasn’t alerting for someone to do something about it in time. What was the point of the monitoring in that case??
replyIt might have dutifully logged that the temperature setting was changed, which will allow regulators to conclude that the safety of the food stored in these refrigerators can no longer be assured.
replyCompliance tends to warp the underlying goal quite a bit.