[m_st]

I was wondering because the toothbrushes I know use BT(LE) and aren't connected to the Internet. However, some light bulbs do have WIFI and sure one day could be exploited. And there are definitely more light bulbs than toothbrushes around here.

[Angostura]

My Home Assistant set up keeps trying to connect to my neighbour's toothbrush via Bluetooth.

[downrightmike]

Jim, my house keeps telling me you aren't brushing enough. Can you start doing that so my home stops sending me notifications? surreal

[iancmceachern]

Do it!

[hulitu]

And all those TVs and fridges. And even the peacemakers could one day deliver malware. /s

"Be afraid, be very afraid" Wednesday Addams - Addams Family Values

[CoastalCoder]

> And even the peacemakers could one day deliver malware.

Oh, the Convair B-36 Peacemaker definitely delivered malware.

[nindalf]

Why would they be talking about a bomber airplane in this context?

They were clearly referring to the Colt Single Action Army revolver handgun.

[CoastalCoder]

Because I started thinking about which device (nuke vs. lead bullet) was more capable of delivering computational malware, as that would lend itself to more entertaining pun.

But I eventually decided that wasn't a fruitful vein of humour, so I pared it back to mere mention of the weapon.

I.e., even though I no longer jad a reason to prefer the bomber over the pistol for the pun, I stayed with it out of mere joke-planning inertia.

Why mention just one or the other in my original comment? Well, because, as you probably know, brevity is the soul of wit.

[bArray]

> And all those TVs and fridges. And even the peacemakers could one day deliver malware. /s

It's not the pacemaker malware you want to worry about, it's the pacemaker ransomware!

[asystole]

You're not thinking like a modern *aaS company. I'm waiting for subscription-based pacemakers. $9.95/mo for up to 60 beats per minute or $19.95 for unlimited heartbeats. Sign up for a year now and get an additional 3 months free :)

[nsxwolf]

"We hope this message finds you with your beats still strong and rhythmic. It is with a heavy heart (pun fully intended) that we, at PulsarTech, your trusted provider of the world's first Internet-connected pacemaker, announce the discontinuation of our heartbeat-as-a-service (HaaS) platform. Yes, it’s time to say goodbye to those sweet, life-sustaining firmware updates and cloud-synced palpitations."

[kevindamm]

I'm hoping that in this hypothetical there is an OpenHeart group that shared software and build scripts for self-hosting the heartbeat cadence functionality.

[JohnFen]

> $9.95/mo for up to 60 beats per minute or $19.95 for unlimited heartbeats.

If a company ever did this, I bet they'd charge at least 10 times more than that.

[croes]

And don't forget OTA updates

"Don't die during reboot"

[peteradio]

He said peacemaker, I assume hes talking about colt single action revolver.

[bArray]

Good point. Maybe you have an occasion to defend yourself and the weapon won't unlock [1] before depositing some BTC [2].

[1] https://www.wired.com/2014/05/sentinl-gun-lock/

[2] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-used-r...