• Hawanja@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Why the hell does a fridge need internet access in the first place anyway?
    Like I’m watching youtube videos on my freezer or some shit.

    • bitchkat@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Usually for monitoring or control. I can see monitoring temps for example. Commercial refrigeration is no joke.

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        2 hours ago

        yeah but monitoring and controlling are two different things: you can have a monotoring system and e-mail / alarms going off in case of issues, and attackers can’t do shit but looking at temperature.

        But when would you ever need to change the temperature remotely is my question.