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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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