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   HollieK (holliek72@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 02-May-2023 04:57:14 JST HollieK

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   @cstross @Aradiel @billyjoebowers @JohnShirley2023 But the Internet of Things needs us to think that we'll foil that one smart burglar from our sun lounge in the Costa del Sol because we got a notification from our smart lightbulbs! (or something) How else are they going to get us to buy this stuff?

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     Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@futurist.info)'s status on Tuesday, 02-May-2023 04:57:14 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

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     @HollieK72 @cstross @Aradiel @billyjoebowers @JohnShirley2023

     Essentially no one is doing this https://jimcarroll.com/2017/02/the-11-rules-of-iot-architecture/

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     Joe Dowland (aradiel@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 02-May-2023 04:57:15 JST Joe Dowland

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     @HollieK72 @billyjoebowers @JohnShirley2023 @cstross that's another option, but can't be done with the main light in a room, so some might figure it out

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 02-May-2023 04:57:15 JST Charlie Stross

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     @Aradiel @HollieK72 @billyjoebowers @JohnShirley2023 This assumes burglars are smart and plan ahead. 99% of them aren't and don't.

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     HollieK (holliek72@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 02-May-2023 04:57:16 JST HollieK

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     @Aradiel @billyjoebowers @JohnShirley2023 @cstross Can't you do that with a timer?

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     Joe Dowland (aradiel@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 02-May-2023 04:57:17 JST Joe Dowland

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     @billyjoebowers @JohnShirley2023 @cstross the lightbulbs are useful for pretending someone is in the house when you are eg on holiday, to deter burglars

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     John Shirley (johnshirley2023@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 02-May-2023 04:57:18 JST John Shirley

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     @cstross Here's a quote i love from Stross at the Instant Future interview: So we now have millions of light bulbs with wifi and embedded microcontrollers running obsolete, unsupported versions of Linux with unpatched security exploits, which can be hacked and co-opted to join botnets or waste electricity mining bitcoins or cracking passwords so they can act as staging posts for ransomware targeting your laptop. Worse: some joker decided to add speakers to the light bulbs so they can play music.

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     billy joe bowers 🗽 (billyjoebowers@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 02-May-2023 04:57:18 JST billy joe bowers 🗽

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     I just can't imagine why anyone bought wifi enabled light bulbs, or most anything.

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     John Shirley (johnshirley2023@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 02-May-2023 04:57:19 JST John Shirley

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