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I love how the takeaway from the BS community is, once again "[such and such] TECH BAD!" vs. "Companies should be responsible for better security and be penalized for breaches"

Elizabeth Sandifer@eruditorumpress.com

The same bozos who thought putting refrigerators on the Internet was a good idea are now trying to sell you on AI assistants.

bbc.comFridges in French supermarkets hit by cyber attackHundreds of stores were targeted by the overnight hack, which spoiled fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros.

Adam Lasnik

@adamlasnik.net

Is a web browser + screen on a fridge kinda stupid? Yes, yes it admittedly is. But I can think of many reasons why it's useful to have appliances connected to the internet (WITH, again, good security). And, related, I find my Smart Home stuff super-useful!

12/10/26, 8:17 pm0 reposts2 likes

Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真)

@lizthegrey.com

single direction: telemetry outbound, all control in the store itself.

Adam Lasnik

@adamlasnik.net

That does indeed seem like a smart compromise in this context!