The US "national security" position against PRC tech firms introduced under Trump hasn't gone away.

  • jkfjfhkdfgdfb [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    the possibility of China being able to toggle them remotely to overload circuits and explode transformers with an oscillating load.

    :xicko:

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I checked mine and didn't see anything phoning home, the Amazon and Google ones both phone home to a server somewhere. Ostensibly for reading your account linked calendar, but it means it's absolutely available for exploitation.