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> Why would a thermometer need to connect to the Internet in the first place? It is absolutely unnecessary. It’s strictly unnecessary, but it’s a bit convenien
by fiddlerwoaroof 9y ago
> Why would a thermometer need to connect to the Internet in the first place? It is absolutely unnecessary.
It’s strictly unnecessary, but it’s a bit convenient for NAT-piercing and enabling remote monitoring and management.
It’s like everything else: there’s a trade off between certain conveniences and security/privacy. For some people, the line is strongly on the side of security and for others, the line is more favorable to convenience.
- onion2k 9y agothere’s a trade off between certain conveniences and security/privacy The trade isn't between convenience and security. It's between convenience and the result of a security breach. "more security" is abstract and hard to understand; "lowering the probability of this bad thing happening" is much, much easier. In this case the casino owners had to choose between "remote monitoring of the fishtank" and "a way for hackers to access the internal network and all the bad things that could result from that", and they chose the fishtank.