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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 14-May-2021 21:48:04 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} I remember when people were saying that appliances were going to have RS-232-C ports, so your computer could manage them (this was the 1990s, but I’m sure I heard similar in the 1980s).
I suspected even then that someone would dial into your modem and use your computer to put your freezer full of food on defrost mode while you were at work.
I just cannot grasp this thing of connecting everything to the Internet.