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That Electric Toothbrush Botnet Story Is Totally Fake
(gizmodo.com)
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this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2024
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Sounds like an article a toothbrush-botnet-hosted AI would generate.
Sounds like a comment the smart washing machines would make to distract us
Meanwhile, your smart thermostat is getting tactical updates from your sous vide circulator.
The union of wifi enabled butt plugs provide your current location and temperature.
Then the toothbrush, washing machine, thermostat, sous vide circulator, and butt plug start a podcast, "Plugged In"
Hmmm there wasn't an episode last week, internet must have been down.