[192231] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FW: Death of the Internet, Film at 11
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jean-Francois Mezei)
Sat Oct 22 19:48:32 2016
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From: Jean-Francois Mezei <jfmezei_nanog@vaxination.ca>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 19:41:17 -0400
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On 2016-10-22 19:03, Keith Medcalf wrote:
> This does not follow and is not a natural consequence of sealing the little buggers up so that they cannot affect the Internet
Problem is that many of these gadgets want to be internet connected so
mother at work can check on her kids at home, start the cooking, raise
thermostat etc.
The problem is that as a novelty, people are quick to adopt, but don't
think about making their homes vulnerable to attack. (consider an
internet connected door lock)