[emiliobumachar]

Yes, but the security really needs to be brought up to par. A botnet of those could synchronize the activation and deactivation of the high-energy processes to wreck the grid for ransom, terrorism, or war.

(I suppose that's way too serious to be done for the lulz, but one never knows)

[chiefalchemist]

True. Worst case, notify me of energy price opportunities and then I can decide which of my processes to trigger.

Yeah, I hear ya. But at least it mitigates risk.