[cs02rm0]

I was joking, but it's sort of my point - who's exposing IoT devices to the internet?

[deadbunny]

The kind of people who are not HN readers.

[sdinsn]

Lots of people.

One of the selling points of things like smart thermostats is the you can remotely control them; you can set them to your preferred temperature as you are traveling home so it will be nice when you arrive.

[cs02rm0]

And those thermostats are open on the internet? Not connecting out to an intermediate server that you also remotely connect to?

[martin__]

All IoT devices are exposed to the internet by design. That's what the "I" stands for, Internet.

[henryfjordan]

But are the addressable?

My IoT devices are on my network but you would need to get yourself inside my network to talk to them. I'm not exposing ports for my lights...

[okmokmz]

Most people, as many of the devices are exposed by default

[SmellyGeekBoy]

People use them as intended?