Notices by Reay Jespersen (reay@mastodon.social)

@eff @arstechnica Side note: “Smart” things tend to not have their software update much, often not at all, and the manufacturers are under zero obligation to do so, ever.

So also so be aware that if you connect any smart device to your home network, it immediately becomes the weakest link in your chain of defence against any cyber attacks.

I believe it was a casino whose digital network was compromised by a hacker getting into it via a smart thermometer in a fish tank. 🤷♂️

@eff @arstechnica “Smart” everything seems to be how it’s going. When we did a home reno recently, we went out of our way buy appliances we liked but that weren’t made to connect to the internet.* Had we needed to settle on any, we simply wouldn’t have connected them to our router.

*This included a “smart” dishwasher. How we ever survived for decades with dishwashing technology that wouldn’t ping your phone with a text that the cycle is done, or whatever, I’ll never know. 🙄

@codewiz It’s a thing.
One of many, many things I don’t claim to understand the appeal of. 🤷♂️

@fribbledom Perennially Controversial Company Threatens It Better Get Its Way. 🙄