Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/02/06/smart-toothbrushes-used-in-hacker-attack.html
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But do they still brush?
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Please tell me the authors are not using LLM to write BB posts now…
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Sounds like the description attached to the stock image.
internet connected toothbrushes? How many settings does a toothbrush need?
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I sure hope so and that was just an editing error…
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I just replaced my old cordless toothbrush, but I passed on the wi-fi connected version because I’m usually in the same room when I brush my teeth. Turns out the “smart” one is me!
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Alternatively it’s the prompt used to generate the image.
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I think it’s that, because it looks like a generated image, not a stock photo.
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If William Gibson, Neal Stephenson or Bruce Sterling put this kind of nonsense in one of their novels everyone would have dismissed it as profoundly silly.
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Or a DDDoS? Distributed Dental Denial of Service attack?
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DDoS attacks are like a plaque of locusts.
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True. Still not good.
SMH
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They can certainly gum up the works.
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Even in the one that basically got it “right” (minus the inexplicable monster snout) there sure is some weird stuff going on with the reflection in the mirror.
First, the kid is clearly a vampire. Second…
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(…or six)
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The most surprising thing to me about this would be that some company actually sold 3 million internet connected toothbrushes.
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I have a TV, fridge, and washing machine that can all be connected to my wifi network. None of them are because I cannot figure out why I would want to do that. I recently replaced my toothbrush and did not even consider a “smart” model because it would have cost 150% more than the one I did buy, but would have had the advantage of … what, exactly?
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Whoah…that is a very aggressive looking bidet.
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