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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by bcrosby95 on Friday June 25, 2021 @10:09AM (#27630949)
Being able to remotely preheat my oven could be useful. But not enough to justify the risk of someone else remotely preheating my oven.
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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by nitrogen on Friday June 25, 2021 @10:56AM (#27631569)
It could also be useful for anyone who worries they left the oven on.
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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by labawi on Saturday June 26, 2021 @09:09AM (#27641519)
"I don't worry I've left the oven on anymore. Now I worry some else turned it on."
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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by brobdingnagians on Saturday June 26, 2021 @11:02AM (#27642448)
And my concern would be that, like the diesel motor example, someone would find a failure state that starts a conflagration. Leaving it on accidentally at 200C probably won't hurt anything, but malicious hacks might be catastrophic.
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