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Re:Hacked from a lightbulb by leeoniya on Saturday February 08, 2020 @02:44PM (#22277894)
there's no need to stick to dumb devices, especially when new devices have much better hardware. just dont connect them to a network unless they're VLANed, pi-holed, or even MITM'd with filtering.
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Re:Hacked from a lightbulb by epalm on Saturday February 08, 2020 @10:52PM (#22280294)
Personally I don’t think the benefit of smart devices outweighs the risk of not keeping them “VLANed, pi-holed, or even MITM’d with filtering”.

What are the benefits anyways? Not having to physically get up and flick a light switch anymore? Getting a push notification from my fridge that we’re out of milk? Whyyy?

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Re:Hacked from a lightbulb by heavyset_go on Saturday February 08, 2020 @04:24PM (#22278456)
On the other hand, a zero-day could make your life interesting if you live in a high density city.
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Re:Hacked from a lightbulb by StreamBright on Sunday February 09, 2020 @02:40AM (#22280922)
My time to do everything you just described >> the benefits that I would get from a "smart X".

It is not worth it.

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