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Will botnet build of smart kettles and smart ovens burn houses, neighbourhoods and cities?

• mtgx 10y ago
  At that point, the makers of such devices should be punished with a lot more than just a recall.
  • globalgobble 10y ago
    Why ? It's impossible to create a super secure device. In that case we could punish entire nations for screwing up the securities of airports, nuclear plants or whatever. Cuz you know it's relatively simple to trigger havoc. Fortunately the world is not full of lunatics.
• jpalomaki 10y ago
  If we had large amount of devices like heaters and boilers attached to remote control system it would be probably possible to cause major problems to the electrical network by just turning the devices on and off in synchronised fashion. And actually this is not so far fetched, since there are already discussions about making these devices smart and remotely controllable so that the utility company could balance the electricity need.
  • akerro 10y ago
    That's related: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/03/no-more-electricity-surges-as-the-nation-switches-on-the-kettle/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/03/no-more-electrici...
    • adrianN 10y ago
      Yet another end-of-civilization scenario: Netflix crashes -> kettles get turned on -> the grid crashes -> looting, revolution etc etc