Not enough is being said about the already-present peril of privatized technological aides, be they companion holograms or cybernetic prosthetics, suddenly being bricked because :stonks-down: said "fuck you" to everyone that had the private product and was depending on it.
Wasn't there famously a cybernetic eye-company that went bust and suddenly stopped supporting the eye-replacements almost overnight? Which left thousands unable to see until Capitalist Efficiency had managed to convince the company to tell the IP rights and server-hardware.
IT nerds have been ragging on the massive gaping flaws in internet of things bullshit for at least the last twenty years, probably longer but the stupidity was formally covered in the curriculum when I got my CCNE.
Google just now pulled all support for their IoT crap despite years of swearing they wouldn't.
Not enough is being said about the already-present peril of privatized technological aides, be they companion holograms or cybernetic prosthetics, suddenly being bricked because :stonks-down: said "fuck you" to everyone that had the private product and was depending on it.
There was a smart house company that bricked peoples homes a while back.
I remember that. :agony-yehaw:
Wasn't there famously a cybernetic eye-company that went bust and suddenly stopped supporting the eye-replacements almost overnight? Which left thousands unable to see until Capitalist Efficiency had managed to convince the company to tell the IP rights and server-hardware.
IT nerds have been ragging on the massive gaping flaws in internet of things bullshit for at least the last twenty years, probably longer but the stupidity was formally covered in the curriculum when I got my CCNE.
Google just now pulled all support for their IoT crap despite years of swearing they wouldn't.
:bloomer: