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submitted 8 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack::A widely reported story that 3 million electric toothbrushes were hacked with malware to conduct distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks is likely a hypothetical scenario instead of an actual attack.

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[-] devilish666@lemmy.world 53 points 8 months ago

Who the hell that put IOT service in toothbrush ?
I can't believe someone out there already put IOT services in home appliances even if that's not necessary to put in first place, what's next ?? IOT Condoms ? IOT Fleshlight ? GOD DAMNIT HUMAN.....

[-] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 12 points 8 months ago

Listen an IoT Fleshlight has a lot of possibilities

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 points 8 months ago
[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Very advanced this thing, quote from website:

Open API For developers, our open API allows for extra customization and control over your pleasure adventure. Create custom applications and share them with the rest of the Handy community on HandyFeeling.com – the possibilities are endless!

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