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Re:Show HN: Zero – A fast, zero-configuration server for Rea... by jlarocco on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @01:41PM (#19257075)
Is this even a serious question?

Not everything runs online connected to the internet.

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Re:Show HN: Zero – A fast, zero-configuration server for Rea... by tlrobinson on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @02:09PM (#19257331)
But almost everything does. Assumptions like this lead to ~40,000 unsecured MongoDB databases on the public internet [1]

1. https://www.information-age.com/major-security-alert-40000-m...

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Re:Show HN: Zero – A fast, zero-configuration server for Rea... by jeremy_wiebe on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @03:07PM (#19257876)
And printers. Although in the linked story the exploit already existed and the guy who did the printing sounds like basically a script-kiddie.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/30/18119576/pewdiepie-print...

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