CAFE by GE for those who are wondering.

We are renovating our house including all new appliances. I have told my partner to make sure we get non smart appliances. This is why.

Yes I can setup a VLAN for it to be on but that’s not the point.

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You didn’t buy an oven. You bought a node for someone else’s botnet.

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Hanlon’s razor, but its interesting to imagine that some Russian, US, Israeli, Chinese, etc agents infiltrated management at appliance manufacturers and convinced them to make all their devices smart, just so they could build bigger botnets

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Whenever someone designs or purchases a smart device, this is what they need to be told. Is it really worth the risk for potential harm?

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