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Security Firm Predicts "Murder By Internet-Connected Devices"

Posted by samzenpus on from the click-and-kill dept.

Curseyoukhan writes "Infosec vendor IID (Internet Identity) probably hopes that by the time 2014 rolls around no one will remember the prediction it just made. That is the year it says we will see the first murder via internet connected device. The ability to do this has been around for quite some time but the company won't say why it hasn't happened yet. Probably because that would have screwed up their fear marketing. CIO blogger challenges them to a $10K bet over their claim."

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  1. Re:First post people!!! by BronsCon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Like maybe 2013 might be the year of murder by internet-connected device.

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  2. It's been a few years since this was on QDB... by tangent3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...but it looks like [SA]HatfulOfHollow has finally completed his killer device.... http://www.bash.org/?4281

  3. I gotta say: by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Goatse certainly came close

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  4. That's too much work. by Andy+Prough · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hasn't Apple already murdered tons of people people in the Australian desert simply by sticking "Mildura" in the wrong spot? I'm sure of it. Either that or those Maps "victims" were awfully inconvenienced, probably missing their favorite reality TV shows, which is nearly as bad.

    1. Re:That's too much work. by gnasher719 · · Score: 1, Funny

      Hasn't Apple already murdered tons of people people in the Australian desert simply by sticking "Mildura" in the wrong spot? I'm sure of it. Either that or those Maps "victims" were awfully inconvenienced, probably missing their favorite reality TV shows, which is nearly as bad.

      In my village, two people were killed because they followed Google's instructions to get to the pub, which was in the middle of the cricket field. During a game. They annoyed the players so much they were clubbed to death. (The deaths are not true, the pub in the middle of the cricket field on Google maps is).

  5. My brother put me in hospital twice... by rHBa · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...with the TV remote control, that's when we were 8-9 years old. I'm pretty sure he could kill me these days with some blunt piece of electronics