This is right up there with the Louvre security being connected to the internet and was hackable. Maybe some old fashioned alarms and guards would've been better.
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Do you seriously think old alarms were unhackable?
Not being able to do it from a distance would probably be a boon to security.
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haha, I paid $150 for my mattress and $200 for the frame. I slept like a baby during the outage. Bunch of "tech" suckers.
Mr robot
Man, reality is way weirder than i thought..
Can't just unplug them?
That would require thought. Something that anyone buying a "smart" device, lack.
Stupid bed.
I wonder what kind of data about your location and bedtime activities are these beds collecting and selling?
Woe, the bed got an erection.
What is a smart bed? I mean it’s a bed. Are remotes too good for people?
its like a smart fridge, or a smart electric toothbrush, something that requires an internet connection, usually it connects to an app on your phone to control certain features on said appliances, which people are too lazy to do themslves. when AWS went down, apps, or sites that uses aws went on the fritz.
Lol
The fix is investing in redundant internet at house from multiple providers. Satellite+fiber and achieve 99.99999% uptime so the bed won't Crash and allow you a good night of sleep.
Because it's unacceptable to send commands directly from the phone to the bed located in the same room, they need to transit between a dozen server farms to gather the delicious telemetry
Also: local=no subscription and that's so bad
The fix is investing in redundant internet at house from multiple providers. Satellite+fiber and achieve 99.99999% uptime so the bed won't Crash and allow you a good night of sleep.
Yeah, uh... That wouldn't have helped here since it wasn't a drop in the internet on the user's side that fucked shit up; it was whatever shit is going on with Amazon's servers that make up a huge chunk of the web's backbone.
The fix would be having your phone talk directly to the bed instead of having to do anything over the internet at all. Or just having a normal fucking bed that is dumb as shit.
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