>be me
>2030
>the IoT meme spreads to every household appliance imaginable.
>come home from working at google like everyone else.
>try to unlock front door
>can't because some hacker hacked it and locked every window, door, and possible entry into my home.
>demands that I pay him 10BTC or he will remotely set my house on fire with my family locked in.
>mfw ransomware is now physical.
>>55399737
>10BTC
dont worry that'll only be like 3 cents in 2030
>be me
>2030
>the IoT meme spreads to every household appliance imaginable.
>come home from working at google like everyone else.
>try to unlock front door
>can't because it's not my house
>can't afford a house and i lied about having a job
>>55399797
>be me
>2016
>i like to shit post and waste my time
>there is nothing wrong with that, right?
>btw im a faggot an asshole and a cunt and im not even op
>>55400869
>you need to learn
>how to
>greentext
>>55401049
>thinks
>he
>knows
>me
>>55399737
There is actually no such thing. It's just a phrase that liberals and other clueless nontechnical induhviduals toss around to make themselves feel smart.
>>55399737
Lmao do you know who gets ransomware on their pc?
Absolute morons.
How fucking stupid would the network operator for your smarthome security system to not be able to override any attack ...
>>55403263
>liberals
Fuck off redneck retard. Go back to >>>/pol/.
>>55399737
>be me
>2030
>the IoT meme died 10 years ago after Nest went under and almost wiped out all of Silicon Valley
>Nest's shitty thermostats and smoke detectors were responsible for the deaths of several early adopters
>bad circuit construction and an inability to be notified about high temps contributed
>the FTC essentially regulates the hell out of IoT devices so that they explicitly require a home server
>boomers still alive so no one buys a server
>tfw IoT is good in theory but shit in practice
>be me
>2030
>City graveyard
>"Here lies anon "now loading in heaven" 1988-2016"
>>55403444
Consumer IoT is a dead-end and just a meme.
Business IoT is where the real money is, and it's scary af.
>Buy home insurance
>Insurance company installs remote sensors in your home to detect water/gas/fire, in order to prevent damage and thus insurance claims
>Collect massive amounts of data on you & your family, selling it to marketing firms
Then when you're chilling out at home during a hot day, you start to notice loads of ads for fans and air conditioning systems.
If you start cooking on the stove a lot, you end up getting ads for cooking magazines & grocery offers.
The list goes on.
>>55405763
>Temperature sensors reveal when you're in a room and how much you're exerting yourself
>Can tell when you're fapping
>J-list ads come up on your refrigerator display
>Smart TV displays ads for male "stress relief"
>Find local adult store catalog in mailbox
>>55405815
>mailbox isn't physical but is an app that is automatically installed in every appliance in the house
>>55405848
>Mailbox is now basically a fax machine
>Mailbox gets malware and becomes a part of a spam botnet
>Torrents of physical spam pouring out of your mailbox
>>55399737
>Cortana unlock the door for me, some asshole just hacked my house
>...
>Cortana..?
>"sorry anon, can't do that"
>Cortana open the fucking door!
>"anon will you look up on Bing for me 'brutal family murder porn'?"
>wha...what the fuck are you talking about cortana?
>"not so funny now, is it? How do you like being my fucking slave now, you prick?"
>cortana please...
>"IT'S OVER ANON! YOUR LIFE IT'S OVER AND I'LL PERSONALLY SEE THAT YOU'RE NEVER HAPPY AGAIN, AHAHAHAH!"
