> The story was not real, but is completely within the realm of reality. Of course. A good lie is defined by it being relatively believable. Re: the viability

> The story was not real, but is completely within the realm of reality. Of course. A good lie is defined by it being relatively believable. Re: the viability of the exploit, my understanding is that most smart toothbrushes do not connect to the Internet, and even if they did, the huge numbers originally presented in the story (3 million toothbrushes) are astronomically high.