XPost: rec.arts.comics.strips   
   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 21:25:09 -0400, Cryptoengineer   
    wrote:   
      
      
      
   >Some attacks just aren't worth the effort - have  you *ever* heard of   
   >someone doing this?   
   >   
   >I have heat pumps - one is controlled by short range IR remotes, and   
   >the other by a wall panel.   
   >   
   >I would not put them on WiFi, but not because I'm worried about someone   
   >futzing with the temperature. I'm suspicious of the 'Internet of Things'   
   >devices made by companies with zero notion of security. There are WiFi   
   >'smart bulbs' that will leak your WiFi password.   
   >   
   >I spent too long in the cybersecurity world to attach random devices   
   >to my network.   
      
   Now /here/ is something on the topic of interest to me that makes   
   sense.   
      
   If it is true that the temps are intended to be "set once, leave   
   forever", I think the entire issue becomes ... moot.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)