>Now the concern is that Linux will show up in places it has no business being, collecting data it doesn't need, and connecting to services that aren't necessar

>Now the concern is that Linux will show up in places it has no business being, collecting data it doesn't need, and connecting to services that aren't necessary But linux is just a kernel and devices based on it are usually easier to reverse engineer. > simple, dumb appliances like your refrigerator or washing machine. Dumb appliances are not going away, you just probably spend too much time on websites that overhype ioT garbage.