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boesboes 2 days ago

Welcome to the internet of shitty unsupported and insecure crap! Are we really this dumb as a society?

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wlesieutre 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

As the saying goes, the S in IoT stands for security

Not exactly strong evidence presented here, but it wouldn't be a surprise either

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m463 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What's funny is that trump of all people is banning a lot of crap like this - internet connected chinese cars, internet connected solar panels, and other utility stuff.

But I fear the vested/wealthy interests involved in iot data mining, advertising, "relationship management" and plain "we own this"...

It (probably) prevents a comprehensive law supporting common sense.

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DarmokTanagra 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How many people do you know that have always on microphones in their home so that they buy things from amazon or google trivia answers?

	▲	NetMageSCW 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There’s (as always) an XKCD for that: https://xkcd.com/1807/

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voidUpdate 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes

	▲	tialaramex 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		And at some point in hindsight it will be obvious what fractions of problems were A. This technology is inherently crap, that's our fault B. A bored teenager broke it. Bored teenagers are a thing, it literally doesn't matter which country they are in, stop building things bored teenagers will blow up, this is also inherently our fault C. Foreign Adversaries It suits both mass media audience figures and a narrative of wily enemies rather than incompetence to pin everything on C and it seems eminently possible that a country with as many enemies as the US would attract this sometimes, but the reality is that both A and B are much more likely despite being embarrassing.

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nom 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

it's not AI generated so it must be true