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Comment by something765478

1 day ago

Because your clothes and paint do not need security updates, since they do not talk to the internet. Your mattress cannot be made part of a botnet.

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xigoi  11 hours ago

Somehow my computer has not become part of a botnet despite having a free OS.

63stack  6 hours ago

A quite large chunk of botnet "members" are IoT crap (even mattresses).

SauntSolaire  18 hours ago

Tell that to my eightSleep mattress

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