Dimillian: Insecure IoT Could Let Bad Actors Drag Society Back to the Stone Age
Dimillian · x · 2026-10-13
Reacting to the common question of "why are supermarket fridges even connected?", developer Dimillian argues the real issue is systemic: badly secured IoT devices give malicious actors an easy way to cause large-scale disruption and fuel populist movements. He calls for more offensive security—and basic security hygiene—to counter the risk.
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