This feels like one of those things that’ll go exactly opposite of what I expect. Ten years from now I’m be explaining to my grandkids how much harder live was before wrenches were Internet connected.
I can’t imagine a single valid reason to have an Internet connected wrench. But life is weird, so I’m guessing I’ll keep one synced to my fax machine someday.
trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
Nearly all IoT items are developed for idiots, which is interesting because most of them are also made by idiots.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Iot wrenches are built for blue collar workers to ensure proper tooling of complex parts.
towerful@programming.dev 10 months ago
And to then certify it’s tightened to spec and send that cert to a logging server, for things like aviation
agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Why doesn’t the wrench just talk to a local server and that server have internet then? If that were the case the wrench would have no reason to download anything from the Internet, just speak to the local server. Probably wont fix every vulnerability but it can’t be more vulnerable.
superbirra@lemmy.world 10 months ago
except in this case, where it looks like there are more than valid reasons