• ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 hours ago

    Its a flashlight, not exactly a field in raging development.

    Honestly I’m thinking it’s because it’s cheaper to have programmers doing simple FW programming for things than it is to have engineers design the required circuits. There are so many things with microprocessors in today that just does not actually need it but it was the lazy option. It opens stupid avoidable avenues of vulnerabilities.

    • Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
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      4 hours ago

      My girlfriend asked why I carry a gun around the house? 
      I looked her dead in the eye and said, “the motherfucking decepticons”. She laughed, I laughed, the toaster laughed, I shot the toaster, it was a good time.

      …. I don’t know. It’s just what came to mind when I thought of household appliances being hijacked.