Why have a fridge with any kind of controls but a mechanical thermostat and maybe a humidity control?
We are in the age of Internet of Things ( IOT ), where devices and appliances are now connected to the internet and can be controlled remotely.
Of course, with this convenience comes the risk of hacking.
Voting Machines anyone?
The “modern” refrigerator tells you what you have and what you need to get. It may even order it for you. For this, it comes with WiFi. Great, huh? ;-)
Have you been in a coma for the last several years? I’m not sure they even make a fridge that’s not run on a computer any more.
This story came out over the weekend. It is also most likely the reason multiple EU countries came out with an advisory to stock up on food.
Unlike most people in North America, Europeans especially in the metro areas do not have that much food on hand. They have fridges the size of what we had in dorm rooms. IF the local grocery store runs out they would literally be starving within a week.
Whereas many of us could go for a month or more just eating what is in our pantry, basement, freezers(plural), etc.
The governments know that these grocery chains have freezers and refrigeration systems controlled from a remote location. Which makes them vulnerable to hacking. Whether those hackers are in Russia and looking for a Payment in BITCOIN or Iranian hackers looking to do damage in the west.
Obviously, the intelligence agencies KNEW about this as a possibility. Therefore, Germany, France, Sweden, UK all put out advisories to their citizens to stock up on food stuffs.
Of course that means that Bongino, Glen Beck, Alex Jones, and a dozen of other CLICK BAIT MFers had to come out with videos that the end is near.
Then Tucker came out with his X post saying that Trump was going to use nukes on the Iran mountain site after the election. To scare the crap out of everyone to not vote for Republicans and the sky is falling
Remote monitoring, failure alarms, entry alarms, door alarms, freezer vs refrigerator use, and possibly remote inventory. Lots of reasons. Then this kind of thing also happens.
Remote monitoring, failure alarms, entry alarms, door alarms, freezer vs refrigerator use, and possibly remote inventory. Lots of reasons. Then this kind of thing also happens.
Remote monitoring, failure alarms, entry alarms, door alarms, freezer vs refrigerator use, and possibly remote inventory. Lots of reasons. Then this kind of thing also happens.