Comment by _heimdall
7 hours ago
My in-laws had a family grocery store back in the 60s and 70s. Privately owned and operated, no way they'd have been paying any attention to security concerns like this.
Their only chance would have been if appliance companies wouldn't be dumb enough to put a simple refrigerator on the public internet in the first place.
My appliances will never be networked, for this very reason. Risk to reward is just not there.
I have an oven, washer/dryer, garage door opener, and lights that all want internet access. They don’t get it.