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Are routers “IoT devices” now? This looks like a deliberate journalistic buzzword stuffing, given that the author cites the botnet description extensively.
by ogurechny 5y ago
Are routers “IoT devices” now? This looks like a deliberate journalistic buzzword stuffing, given that the author cites the botnet description extensively.
- SixDouble5321 5y agoThe article does mention the Mirai botnet which is made up of light bulbs and DVRs and such.
- coupdejarnac 5y agoIoT has always been a buzzword, but at least it communicates what it is slightly better than embedded system. The buzzword I currently despise is edge computing.
- guerrilla 5y ago> edge computing. That seems to nean something though: the trend of hosting not just information but computation more local to its destination like CDNs did for information. I don't know what IoT means other than shit that shouldn't be networked (let alone computational) is networked.