Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’re doing

Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by master-litty on Saturday September 07, 2019 @01:04PM (#20905037)

I don't see why you'd come up with something that so misaligns the interests of everyone except Comcast :)

We don't need to be priced by the bandwidth, we just need better accessibility to metering. Something my mother could look at and say "huh, the toaster's sent 8gb of data today..."

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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by johncolanduoni on Saturday September 07, 2019 @09:22PM (#20907931)

If you’re not charged for it and it’s not enough for you to feel reduced performance on your other devices, why would you even both looking?

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Re:Malicious attack on Wikipedia – what we know and what we’... by master-litty on Sunday September 08, 2019 @09:05AM (#20910334)

It would consume more electricity, though let's assume by a marginal amount.

I suspect many people are uncomfortable holding a compromised device like that. The unpredictability of a toaster helping to take down Wikipedia is wild and potentially seen as a sign of chaos, especially for less technical users.

Who knows what else this crazy toaster will do next? Will it do the same thing again?

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