Posted on 02/08/2024 1:37:45 PM PST by algore
Edited on 02/09/2024 2:55:03 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Security researchers have warned that millions of hacked toothbrushes could be used in a massive cyber attack.
Internet-connected toothbrushes could be linked together in something known as a botnet, which would allow them to perform a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that overloads websites and servers with huge amounts of web traffic.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
seriously wtf?
What in hell is an ‘internet connected toothbrush’?
What good does it do?
Exactly. For what reason are these idiotic items being networked in the first place?
Just because someone has an idea that they think might make them rich doesn’t mean the idea is practical or even a necessity.
BOTS in my toothbrush.
Hmmm...
OK.
Get those BOTS outta my toothbrush...!!
A history of your dental hygiene is required by the Ministry of Love.
It’s for your own good, of course.
This is what the CIA wants you to think for some reason.
This is what the CIA wants you to think for some reason.
Can you guess where those are manufactured and where the firmware is installed, just like your routers and other Internet of Things devices?
But I've never activated that feature. I don't know how, and don't see the point.
I think it connects to an iPhone app that monitors your toothbrush usage, and offers tips on how to brush better, and how often. But again, I never downloaded the app.
The toothbrush can be used as a normal electric toothbrush.
Could you get them buzzing in sync and cause earthquakes? Or at least get Guam to flip over?
Wait, people have internet connected toothbrushes?…
What in hell is an ‘internet connected toothbrush’?
What good does it do?
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Mom, I swear it was the toothbrush that was searching for “french maids”!!!
What about internet connected dildo’s?
Millennials..... they always think they can reinvent the wheel and it’ll be the mostest and bestest reinvention EVAH!
Now, when the power goes out for days because of a weather event, how are those those millennials going to brush their teeth? Things that make you go hmmm...
Please,don’t make me read the whole article.
LOL!!
See my post 18.
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