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Your Coffeemaker Is Watching You (theatlantic.com)
5 points by sndean on June 25, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



This is the downside of IoT.

Give me devices and frameworks I can run myself. I don't want to be dependent on a third party for my god damn thermostat. (Which I now am. Going to look into it soon. Hoping it runs Linux so we can demand the source.)

It's not just about privacy, which is a huge and serious concern; but it's also about control. What happens when we lose control of our houses? Are we setting ourselves up for attacks by black hats or nation-state actors? I would hazard yes.

Are you ready for the IoT revolution? Because it's coming, and I think we're not ready.




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