While almost nobody needs a panini press that can sign into Twitter, the powers that be clearly believe otherwise, adding internet connectivity to many of the pleasantly dumb devices that used to populate our homes. This raises a number of obvious security concerns and one equally serious, but far less discussed issue: Porn on everything, always.
On Monday, antivirus pioneer John McAfee brought attention to the imminent X-rated threat, tweeting a photo of a Home Depot smart fridge that had somehow tapped into the internet of butts.
The IOT…. do you believe me now? Pornhub on a refrigerator. What, in our current cybersecurity paradigm, accounts for this? pic.twitter.com/po5MezPjzJ
— John McAfee (@officialmcafee) October 2, 2016
“The [internet of things]…. do you believe me now?” wrote McAfee. “Pornhub on a refrigerator. What, in our current cybersecurity paradigm, accounts for this?”
The answer, of course, is nothing. If you want a picture of the future, imagine an oven staring at a human arse — forever.