Comment on That Electric Toothbrush Botnet Story Is Totally Fake
FaceDeer@kbin.social 8 months agoWhen it was making the rounds of the Fediverse I spent some time hopping between the reposts adding a comment pointing out its falseness. On one of the threads I got a response that was basically "okay, so this particular story is false, but it still supports the narrative we're arguing and so it might as well be true."
Truthiness in a nutshell. Sigh.
agent_flounder@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Were they trying to argue that IoT could compromise privacy or were they claiming something silly? I recall seeing your posts (thanks) but I’m not sure if I remember the exchange or am thinking of another one.
FaceDeer@kbin.social 8 months ago
It was on this thread on internetofshit@supo.fi. I'm guessing it's a community dedicated to pooping on the Internet of Things, so when something like this comes along they really really want it to be true. I wasn't paying attention to the communities when I was posting, though, just clicking through all the repost references and giving a cursory glance to see if someone had already pointed out the fakeitude.
agent_flounder@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ah, now I see. Thanks.