2026-11-02 14:53 UTC
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@hbons@mastodon.social 2026-11-02 14:54
@Gargron@mastodon.social IoT is the future!
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@xenotar@mastodon.social 2026-11-02 14:58
@Gargron@mastodon.social "Apologies, our AI agent got out of our control during testing."
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@moxxi@mastodon.social 2026-11-02 15:00
@Gargron@mastodon.social all I'm gonna say is that I have the bourgeois version of my appliances and none of them offer the option to connect to the internet. None. IoT will become a class divider and surely a class killer when only the rich have a fridge that refrigerates.
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@ModernMaslow@techhub.social 2026-11-02 15:07
@Gargron@mastodon.social #permaculture
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@ottaross@mastodon.social 2026-11-02 15:10
@Gargron@mastodon.social I can see one way data for monitoring & alarms being networked, but why would anyone need to control temperatures? Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. They're fridges and freezers. Surely it's: 2°C – set it and forget it, not: "oh Tuesday, let's go to 3°C today, and tomorrow to 1C" or something. Just asking for problems.
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@Olle_Gladso@mastodon.social 2026-11-02 15:15
@Gargron@mastodon.social Because stupid.
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@bayindirh@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-11-02 15:27
@Gargron@mastodon.social because, BOINC!
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@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizza 2026-11-02 15:50
@Gargron@mastodon.social Give me the so-called dumb appliance. I don't want or need my fridge, freezer, stove, microwave, coffee maker, washer or dryer connected to any network. Even my smart TVs are not connected to any network.
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@djohngo@mastodon.social 2026-11-02 15:53
@Gargron@mastodon.social Because there's a ton of money inside these things, and folks need to be alerted when they go out of temp and be able to make adjustments remotely or they'll lose their shirt.
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@feyter@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-11-02 16:13
@Gargron@mastodon.social we are not talking about consumer fridges. There is a legimit reason for those fridges to be in a Network, integration with logistics, technical support etc. I highly doubt that those fridges are reachable from the internet. So don't get this wrong. This was not a stupid decision from a lazy company (although there is always room for improvement), this was a highly coordinated sabotage. If criminals / agents set trucks on fire. I wouldn't ask why the trucks were full with diesel.
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@KevinFlynn@c.im 2026-11-02 17:11
@Gargron@mastodon.social medical fridges often have alarms that SMS when temps get out of range, but outgoing traffic only of course
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@steinarb@mastodon.social 2026-11-02 17:19
@Gargron@mastodon.social "Hey", I said to wife, reading the manual of the new fridge we had bought, "This fridge has wi-fi!". "Ah!" said wife "we must connect it!" "Why on earth do a fridge need to be connected to the internet?" I said, "I won't stop anyone from connecting it, but I'm not doing it!" That fridge stayed offline for all the time we owned it.
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@slyecho@mdon.ee 2026-11-02 19:11
@Gargron@mastodon.social For software updates
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@neongod@mstdn.social 2026-11-02 20:29
@Gargron@mastodon.social I don't know why they're connected to the public internet (if they're), but they're likely networked because the supply chain needs to guarantee that certain refrigirated food is kept under a certain temperature all the way to the customer. In a huge convinience store it makes sense to connect them to a network for monitoring.