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My smart fridge tried to order 12 gallons of milk because it thought my grocery app was hacked
It took me three days to figure out the 'security alert' emails were real and not some weird spam, since the fridge kept resetting its own Wi-Fi (you know, like a guilty dog). I had to call the appliance company's support line, wait on hold for 47 minutes, and finally get a human to walk me through revoking its shopping permissions. Has anyone else's supposedly helpful gadget gone completely rogue over a data glitch?
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julia_carter701mo ago
Blame the user for not setting permissions right. These things only act on the rules we give them. Maybe we expect too much from a fridge.
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jennyh411mo ago
Totally agree, it's always on us to figure out their weird rules. My smart lock once decided I was a burglar and locked me out of my own apartment at 2am. Had to call the building super, it was a whole thing. These gadgets get one job and still manage to overcomplicate it. We're basically just beta testers for their half-baked software.
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