[ih] Internet milestone - The Refrigerator Strikes Back

[jack at 3kitty.org (Jack Haverty)]

This has just got to be a milestone for Internet historians:

http://zeenews.india.com/news/net-news/hackers-use-connected-home-appliances-to-launch-global-cyberattack_905067.html

When I saw this report, the final scene of the recent Hobbit movie flashed
into my brain -- where the hero (Bilbo) laments "What have we done!!!?"

Excuse me, I have to go configure my router so that my refrigerator can't
talk to the outside world.  I'm assuming of course that my router is still
actually doing what I tell it to do.

/Jack Haverty
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