Re: "I don't always need to look up the address of a bit of kit I need to contact"
"Since the average home user doesn't even change default passwords etc having their TV, smart fridge and smart light bulbs addressable on the internet becomes a bit of a hazard."
This is what a firewall does. All domestic routers/firewalls default to refusing incoming connections, so nothing can be reached from outside. Besides trying to find devices on IPv6 addresses takes a lot more effort due to the shear number of addresses.
I'm constantly getting hit with all manor of probes and hack attempts on my IPv4 address as is everyone, yet nothing on my IPv6 address.
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