A hacker did his thing on a Nest security camera then warned the household that North Korean ICBM missiles were heading to the Los Angeles.
You have to admit this was clever: additional points for terrifying the occupants.
Google, Nest's owner, said it was bad passwords.
Everybody else says it's the crappy 'security' built into the cameras, plus bad passwords,
Warning: never use default passwords or passwords you use elsewhere.
Next week on Internet of Things: your dishwasher tells you your daughter's pregnant.
- I pick on Apple but it's not their fault entirely... it's their customers. A teen who sold a kidney for an iDevice is now bedridden for life. Yeah, but he's bedridden with an iDevice.
Dear lefty:
- Bobby Bollinger, of Brampton, AlaBama, asks if we're kinky here.
- Dear Ballsinger: when you were born, did the doctor spank you a little too much?
Remember the case of the unfortunate brain-dead woman in a facility who gave birth? A suspect has been arrested, strangely, a nurse working there. He was nabbed by DNA. Who expected that to happen?
We got way too many calls about housing for aging relatives. I asked if the relatives were likely to get pregnant. The calls stopped.
- An Oregon man was sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting a horse.
- The horse visited weekly.
Genetics or Environment?
Every pet in our house has figured out how to open bi-fold doors, because you shouldn't be alone when going to the bathroom. This is four dogs and two cats. How does this happen?
The latest figured it out yesterday. She also magically appears when I'm eating. From a different floor, while napping. With me making no noise at all, including silverware, opening bags, chewing like a cow, or shrieking adult pleasure noises.
- There's an online forum for the discussion of the Internet of Things. It's called Dumpster Fire.
Next on Real Housewives of New Jersey:
- The one with the ridiculously huge lips breaks down and cries when the other one accuses her of not getting her lips done.
- The entire cast says, "We're still on tv?"
- The camera crew pisses the actors off because they don't understand the Joisey dialect.
- Gene Simmons guest stars as the rock star who's banging them all. What do you mean he already did that?
- The women jump into someone's olympic size pool and can't go under water because of their augmented flotation devices.
- Yo Angie has Yo Tina's eyebrow tattoos removed, without her knowledge.
- Crisis is averted when the crew helicopters in hair spray and gel. The helo crash-landed in the olympic size pool, but they rescued the hair products.
It was gettin a little quiet here.....
It was 5am and I was rudely awakened by something like thunder. We looked at each other and said "TREE." Looking outside (I hate outside - it only causes trouble), we verified TREE. The gargantuan shade thing had split quite nicely, landing on the sidewalk. It also got a few overhead wires. This is but one reason why 5am is no good.
It happened by a streetlight, so the damage was well-lit and nobody lost power. Sure enough, within an hour, some idiot drove right through it, breaking the wires and landing them on the street. They courteously drove away. This is but one reason why people are bad.
The power company was very concerned, letting us know they'd send someone around if a truck became available - definitely by next Tuesday. Ever helpful, a neighbor called police, who courteously blocked the road. In spite of this, people still tried to get around him. It's a good thing we didn't block the street with a line of kids....
Police apparently multiply, as they had become a small battalion, with yellow tape. We're thinking of taking them some coffee. Crime must rampant here. The boys in blue confirmed how utterly idiotic people are. Apparently people are coming up to them, telling them how inconvenient this is and how long will it last. If they're so concerned, they should band together, move the tree, and fix the wires themselves. That should produce complete silence...
The electric d00ds were uncharacteristically nice and pleasant and got it sorted out quickly. Now we call the Tree People. That should deplete the guitar fund completely. Oh yeah, there's the smashed rear window and dented rear of the car.
The problem here is the house knows when I have a surplus and breaks accordingly.
Dear lefty:
It was 5am and I was rudely awakened by something like thunder. We looked at each other and said "TREE." Looking outside (I hate outside - it only causes trouble), we verified TREE. The gargantuan shade thing had split quite nicely, landing on the sidewalk. It also got a few overhead wires. This is but one reason why 5am is no good.
It happened by a streetlight, so the damage was well-lit and nobody lost power. Sure enough, within an hour, some idiot drove right through it, breaking the wires and landing them on the street. They courteously drove away. This is but one reason why people are bad.
The power company was very concerned, letting us know they'd send someone around if a truck became available - definitely by next Tuesday. Ever helpful, a neighbor called police, who courteously blocked the road. In spite of this, people still tried to get around him. It's a good thing we didn't block the street with a line of kids....
Police apparently multiply, as they had become a small battalion, with yellow tape. We're thinking of taking them some coffee. Crime must rampant here. The boys in blue confirmed how utterly idiotic people are. Apparently people are coming up to them, telling them how inconvenient this is and how long will it last. If they're so concerned, they should band together, move the tree, and fix the wires themselves. That should produce complete silence...
The electric d00ds were uncharacteristically nice and pleasant and got it sorted out quickly. Now we call the Tree People. That should deplete the guitar fund completely. Oh yeah, there's the smashed rear window and dented rear of the car.
The problem here is the house knows when I have a surplus and breaks accordingly.
Dear lefty:
- My neighbor really really bothers me. Is it ok to shoot her?
- Keep holy the 11th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Get Caught
Tonight for dinner: cooked sushi.
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