this is just to say

i have drunk the protein shake that was in the fridge and which you were probably saving for breakfast it was so gross what
was i thinking

What Does the Internet of Things Mean for Security?

We are standing at the edge of a very steep hill full of sharp rocks, and internet-connected hardware manufacturers are trying to push us over.

Imagine you woke up one day to find out that overnight you lost access to every account you use online -- Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, you name it. Worse, because all your password resets ran through your Gmail account, there's no easy way to get these accounts back. Now imagine that all of this happened because you bought the wrong fridge.

This sounds like a thought experiment, but it isn't. For those few who're unlucky enough to own the vulnerable model of 'smart' fridge, this could actually happen. This is reality. It's made by Samsung and costs about $3600. If an attacker can get within radio distance of the fridge, they could take over the fridge owner's Google account without breaking a sweat.

Once we've got that (imagining ourselves now in the attacker's shoes, taking advantage of some poor sap who dropped close to four grand on an absurd fridge), we can pull up their other accounts, hit that big fat "password reset" button, and get a link delivered to your new mailbox inviting you to set the account's password to whatever you like. Note that the strength of the original passwords has no bearing on whether this attack can work.