Not sure if this is the story you're thinking of, but I do recall hearing a while ago about Chinese irons and kettles that came with some, er, undocumented feat

Not sure if this is the story you're thinking of, but I do recall hearing a while ago about Chinese irons and kettles that came with some, er, undocumented features: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hacked-from-china-is-your-kettle-spying-on-you/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hacked-from-china-is-your-kettl...