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Re:A type of cyberattack that could set your smartphone on fire by pvaldes on Monday February 26, 2024 @06:40PM (#39518240)
Specially interesting in the context of the past events a few days ago, when a huge fire in Spain allegedly started as a small electric problem and was supercharged by a poorly chosen facade cladding plus strong wind. All the domotic building had a previous history of malfunctions it seems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwVXC1V-N44

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Re:A type of cyberattack that could set your smartphone on fire by pvaldes on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @04:07AM (#39521838)
With more data, it seems that the spark in this case started in the retractable awning system while the tenant was on a travel. I assume that the awning tried to retract on strong wind circumstances and maybe got stuck on a loop? Or maybe the wind damaged physically the system and tore off the cables creating a short-circuit.

The flammable cladding did the rest.

That lead me to ruminate about if "your smart home can kill you" has finally happened.

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