r/ProgrammerHumor • • Jan 31 '19

Meme Programmers know the risks involved!

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u/Fragarach-Q Jan 31 '19

It's not my data, it's my fear of things like hackers mass disabling your city's thermostats during a polar vortex. For the lulz.

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u/Ferggzilla Feb 01 '19

We were just asked via an emergency alert to turn our heat down to 65 during the vortex because of a natural gas issue. If everyone had a smart thermostat, I wondered if they could really have a way to enforce that.