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If you ask the Xfinity managers who came up with this idea whether thieves will be able to buy live information on whether your home is empty from hackers on th
by cs702 1y ago
If you ask the Xfinity managers who came up with this idea whether thieves will be able to buy live information on whether your home is empty from hackers on the dark web, the managers will likely say... nothing. What they will do is look at you with a deer-in-the-headlights expression in their shocked faces.
Sigh.
- Terr_ 1y agoThe word "liability" might not always work, but occasionally it makes someone think a little harder about what their company is doing.
- stronglikedan 1y agoA company like Comcast knows more about the liabilities of what they're doing than any of their customers do, guaranteed.
- nmeofthestate 1y agoAny service provided by a connected device can be framed as something "people can buy on the Dark Web". XFinity lets you make HTTP requests to the web via your router. Uh-oh: XFinity decided to sell info on your web requests on the Dark Web.