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Can I hold my breath while waiting for ransomware for fridges?

• genewitch 5y ago
  It'd be pretty stupid to risk prison for "remotely disabling someone's smart refrigerator" since you couldn't ransom for more than a dumb refrigerator (which your victim would probably get) - probably within like 25% of that and they'll just put the bricked fridge in the dump.
  • tgv 5y ago
    You could make it thaw the contents of the freezer, or stop it from cooling altogether, I think. Indeed, they can't demand a lot of money, but not so long ago, they were holding private users' computers to ransom for relatively low amounts. Many small amounts make a big one.