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charonn0 on Dec 11, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ransomware gives free decryption keys to victims w...

> Imagine if pressing a wrong button on a washing machine would cause installing malware. Would you like to buy such device?

A washing machine isn't a Turing machine.

hawkice on Dec 11, 2016 [–]

Ah, the glorious days before the Internet of Things made everything a general purpose washing computer.

For instance: http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/home-appliances/laundry/w...

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