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Internet-Enabled Thermostat

Posted by michael on from the getting-warm-in-here dept.

ptorrone writes "Engadget has a little write-up of what is supposed to be the world's first Internet-enabled thermostat from Proliphix, which has an Ethernet port and a built-in web server and can be controlled from virtually any standard browser. So how long until everything in the home has its own IP address and script kiddies decide to get their kicks messing with your air conditioning during a heat wave?"

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  1. So what's Hades's IP address? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We can make hell freeze over...

  2. 5 years time.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey I got some a new windows installed today!

    Cool, double glazing?

    No.... longhorn..

  3. Re:Automated Windows? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I believe Internet Explorer automatically opens up windows.

  4. Back door for the Gov? by MisanthropicProgram · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know that the DOJ will want to be able to view your household temperature without you knowing it (PATRIOT ACT). You see, they'll check the temp to see how warm you're keeping your house. If it matches too closely with the temperatures of the climates of countries that host terrorism, you'll get a visit from the Feds. It'll be the same thing for web contolled lighting - gee, this guy keeps his lights on the exact same time as daylight in Irag, and the same temp. We need to investigate!

  5. The Only Way This Would Be Cooler by ellem · · Score: 3, Funny

    is if it runs in IIS and uses plaintext passwords!

    My heating bill would look like the Nat'l Deficit.

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