Re: A chip in everything...
"Like he says , as long as it can carry on without the online bullshit."
So.. like every EXISTING appliance. Smart TVs, despite the assertions of being required to connect all the time "any day now", can still be used for all non internetty stuff with no connection.
"Does this fridge really exist? Its become like the standard iot joke. Its like on of those urban myths that are repeated so often most people swear its true. like ... um ... well these:
https://www.rd.com/culture/false-facts-everyone-believes/"
Yes and no.
It exists in the sense you can get a fridge connected to the internet.
But only in the sense that it is fitted with a pretty basic tablet built into the door. Still keeps stuff cold even when disconnected.
My favorite is the internet of imaginary things oven, that for some reason is unique among similar fitted kitchen appliances, in that it can get hotter than can be contained in it's heat proof enclosure, but is also for some inexplicable reason, fitted with the innards of a pottery kiln, that some hacker is going to be able to initiate.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
