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technology • 9 months ago

Far from making our world smarter, the internet of things has actually made the world much much more stupid. - Smart toothbrushes cause millions in damages!

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Far from making our world smarter, the internet of things has actually made the world much much more stupid. - Smart toothbrushes cause millions in damages!

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technology • 9 months ago

Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks — botnet causes millions of euros in damages

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Dental IoT devices caused millions of Euros in damages for Swiss company, says report.

Once again techbros find a new way to make the world worse. Now your toothbrush can be part of a bot net. Nobody asked for this, and the suggestion that it should be possible is utterly deranged.

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I FUCKING LOVE TELEMETRY!!! I LOVE DATA BEING COLLECTED FROM ME FOR OFTENTIMES ENTIRELY ARBITRARY REASONS

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