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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet

www.theverge.com

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One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet

www.theverge.com

some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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A manufacturer intentionally hijacked its Android TV devices.
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    Seems like this is the main purpose of all IoT devices at the end of the day

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      The odds are non-zero that someone has argued with their own toaster.

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        Dude, I’ve argued with my microwave and it isn’t even smart.

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          I argue with my breadmaker. It beeps ten times when it’s finished making pizza dough. Fucking ten! Dumb clanker has no right to talk to me that way

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            A comedian had a whole bit about something like this.

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          Out of curiosity, who won the argument?

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            Nobody wins when humans and microwaves argue

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            The microwave, it refused to change.

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