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I’m the same, I know a couple of people who’ve gone full “smart home” and have to ask their Alexa to turn their lights on please. Slower and more annoying than simply flicking a switch. Plus there’s always the risk that one day Alexa will say no.

Boiled down to the bare bones, three bright, but not evil kids, stumbled into hacking because they liked messing around with computers, realised that they could hack smart devices (online cameras, internet connected fridges/washing machines, online heating controls which often didn’t have their...

Be warned, this is a really long article, it’s also behind a paywall. https://www.wired.com/story/mirai-untold-story-three-young-hackers-web-killing-monster/ If you’ve the time and either a subscription to Wired (which you will have if you subscribe to News+ on an Apple device) or a mechanism...