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Title: Too bad they can't find these hackers
Post by: eelstrebor1 on January 23, 2019, 11:58:13 AM

https://www.foxnews.com/tech/hacked-...ck-family-says (https://www.foxnews.com/tech/hacked-nest-camera-warned-of-north-korean-missile-attack-family-says)

The internet is great but was poorly designed from a security perspective.

Title: Re: Too bad they can't find these hackers
Post by: StuartJ on January 28, 2019, 10:18:30 AM

Why do people want all these smart devices which are spying on them.

I heard on the radio that a woman and her son were talking about McDonald's in front of an Amazon linked device and they next thing she knew they were getting coupons from McDondals's in their email.

Title: Re: Too bad they can't find these hackers
Post by: eelstrebor1 on January 28, 2019, 10:25:06 AM

That's why I don't have them. Nice convenience but there's always a privacy issue. If I could, I'd remove Siri and "OK Google" and all the other useless stuff from my smartphones.