@pluralistic I talked to a german boiler manufactuer once about IoT. "And then they covered all physical functions with code - like turn on/off gas, start ignition. I asked how they prevent errors. They said with the firmware. You software guys think you can solve all with an update." ... 1/2

@pluralistic 2/2 "What if the firmware gets hacked? We are producing some 10k pcs of the boilers each year. If they all blow up at once, the fire departments would face a nightmare at a scale never seen before." He was right!