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Re:I stayed in a hotel with Android lightswitches and it was... by jon-wood on Friday March 11, 2016 @10:56AM (#11267304)
If you connected fridge can brick itself in such a way that it stops refrigerating things then it wasn't worth buying in the first place, especially for things like this where you could end up accidentally poisoning someone the failsafe in case of software failure should be switching to an old school circuit that just keeps things at a fixed temperature.
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Re:I stayed in a hotel with Android lightswitches and it was... by corobo on Friday March 11, 2016 @10:59AM (#11267323)
> wasn't worth buying in the first place

Hence my shoutout to IoS! :)

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Re:I stayed in a hotel with Android lightswitches and it was... by elorant on Friday March 11, 2016 @11:33AM (#11267576)
Sure, I'll tag along. Problem is in a few years you may not have a choice because all fridges will be Internet-enabled by default. It's already happening with TVs where 70% of new sets are smart TVs. And you know, personally I don't mind because if it bothers me too much I'd just make sure that the damn thing never gets online access but I doubt the average consumer could go in such lengths. So instead of moaning and bitching about it perhaps we, as a community, ought to think about ways to solve security issues. Otherwise the industry will just go ahead and build them no matter what.
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Re:I stayed in a hotel with Android lightswitches and it was... by usrusr on Friday March 11, 2016 @12:43PM (#11268140)
> if it bothers me too much I'd just make sure that the damn thing never gets online access

Which might be quite a challenge with some devices when your neighbors drown you in free WiFi.

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Re:I stayed in a hotel with Android lightswitches and it was... by elorant on Friday March 11, 2016 @01:25PM (#11268498)
How about a market for custom made Faraday cages? :)
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