<![CDATA[“but how would you know what the IP address was, grandad?”]]>“but how would you know what the IP address was, grandad?”

“well, that’s the thing, it didn’t have one.”

“oh, so how would you update the firmware then?”

“it had none. it was just a tea kettle.”

“woah.”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/12378479-47b3-4e00-bccc-9e945f0c8831/but-how-would-you-know-what-the-ip-address-was-grandadRSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 04:15:31 GMTSat, 25 Apr 2026 22:54:26 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to “but how would you know what the IP address was, grandad?” on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:01:23 GMT]]>@SecureOwl The philosophical question of the future that will take over that well worn trope about trees falling in woods:

"If something/someone has not been assigned an IP address does it truly exist?"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/level98/statuses/116473258544948162https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/level98/statuses/116473258544948162Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:01:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “but how would you know what the IP address was, grandad?” on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:05:53 GMT]]>"But if we were REALLY into giving an IP to a kettle, we could always get a ZigBee receiver, an Arduino board, a heater circuit and a battery. It would boil far worse than just leaving the darnged kettle on the oven top, but hey, we could turn it on wirelessly by logging into Home Assistant..."

"And the firmware?"

"Ah yes, WE would have to write it ourselves and push it via USB cable. But how often would you need to upgrade that?"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hub.azkware.net/objects/6e2ecb8d-1869-ee29-d142-eb1385678349https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hub.azkware.net/objects/6e2ecb8d-1869-ee29-d142-eb1385678349Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:05:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “but how would you know what the IP address was, grandad?” on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:12:32 GMT]]>@SecureOwl @alice One may laugh, but a decade or two ago in Russia, supposedly dumb electric kettles appeared on the market containing cheap RF-enabled SOCs that would probe/exploit local networks. Manufacturing/distributing those was obviously worth someone’s while (I’m guessing organised crime)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/acb/statuses/116469527518253668https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/acb/statuses/116469527518253668Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:12:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “but how would you know what the IP address was, grandad?” on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:03:32 GMT]]>And you made it at home?!]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-5569-edaa-b405-ecc506129442https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-5569-edaa-b405-ecc506129442Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:03:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “but how would you know what the IP address was, grandad?” on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:00:35 GMT]]>@SecureOwl

I bought a nice, solid used toaster at the local secondhand shop here recently. I was really tempted to turn it over, point my phone at it, look confused and ask "how do I connect via bluetooth?" just to see the confused response, but I didn't because I'm not a monster.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/Mikal/statuses/116469480511524034https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/Mikal/statuses/116469480511524034Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:00:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “but how would you know what the IP address was, grandad?” on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:34:22 GMT]]>@SecureOwl sounds like me talking to my kids

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/sortius/statuses/116469141491510816https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/sortius/statuses/116469141491510816Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:34:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “but how would you know what the IP address was, grandad?” on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:38:12 GMT]]>@SecureOwl
But how did it send an alert to your phone, to tell you when it was done?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/brouhaha/statuses/116468920660247164https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/brouhaha/statuses/116468920660247164Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:38:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “but how would you know what the IP address was, grandad?” on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:54:30 GMT]]>@SecureOwl 🤣🤣🤣🤣

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/pelha/statuses/116468276922243618https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/pelha/statuses/116468276922243618Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:54:30 GMT