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Re:Say Cheese: a snapshot of the massive DDoS attacks coming... by the8472 on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @03:01PM (#12687504)
That only means they might eventually stop fulfilling their primary function. But they might remain plugged in and serve as bot without anyone noticing for years.
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Re:Say Cheese: a snapshot of the massive DDoS attacks coming... by fucking_tragedy on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @04:04PM (#12688054)
Very true. While I had assumed that most people would toss their gadgets once their functionality had been disabled, I wouldn't buy a new fridge or other appliance just because I can't load cat pics on it anymore.
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Re:Say Cheese: a snapshot of the massive DDoS attacks coming... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @07:22AM (#12691909)
Depends on the appliance. Your fridge will probably work when disconnected from the cloud. Your LED lightbulbs? I can imagine them getting bricked. I know of one laser cutter, featured some time ago on HN, that becomes a very big paperweight when disconnected from the Internet...
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