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tgv
on Jan 26, 2023
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Smart ovens shouting out to servers in Russia and ...
Imagine being able to turn on all electric ovens at once in time of war. That already might be enough to cripple your enemy's electric grid.
okasaki
on Jan 26, 2023
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Well, it would definitely be enough to cripple your exports because nobody would buy from you any more. You might want to re-calibrate your imagination.
tgv
on Jan 27, 2023
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It would be a bit late to demand a refund, wouldn't it? There are more incentives in this world than such a narrow profit-oriented view.
jstarfish
on Jan 26, 2023
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More likely all this IoT garbage gets recruited into a botnet for domestic DDoS/amplification attacks.
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