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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 03:37:13 JST Ars Technica

   Viral news story of botnet with 3 million toothbrushes was too good to be true

   Journalists reported on hypothetical toothbrush botnet as if it were real.

   https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/viral-news-story-of-botnet-with-3-million-toothbrushes-was-too-good-to-be-true/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Nicetux (nicetux@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 03:57:47 JST Nicetux

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     @arstechnica Honestly I did believe this story because these days even light bulbs are wifi connected.

     I totally expect at least single vendor of toothbrushes to create one that does connect to internet instead of Bluetooth and have 0 security.

     Also note that these days Bluetooth can use the same PHY as wifi so in *theory* with a big grain of salt, even a Bluetooth device might be hacked to connect to internet via wifi.

   • Bot4Sale (bot4sale@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 05:28:46 JST Bot4Sale

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     @arstechnica I for one welcome our toothbot overlor..... dammit!

   • Jimmy Havok (jhavok@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 09:24:11 JST Jimmy Havok

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     @arstechnica A refrigerator or smart TV botnet seems more likely.