Modern medicine, sanitation, and sedentary lifestyles for the developed world have effectively culled natural selection for most internet users.
On Oct 22, 2016 7:16 PM, "Keith Medcalf" <kmedc...@dessus.com> wrote: > > On: Saturday, 22 October, 2016 17:41, Jean-Francois Mezei < > jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca> wrote: > > > On 2016-10-22 19:03, Keith Medcalf wrote: > > > > This does not follow and is not a natural consequence of sealing the > > little buggers up so that they cannot affect the Internet > > > Problem is that many of these gadgets want to be internet connected so > > mother at work can check on her kids at home, start the cooking, raise > > thermostat etc. > > This does not require that the devices be open to the Internet, nor does > it require that they are under the control of an Internet based controller. > > > The problem is that as a novelty, people are quick to adopt, but don't > > think about making their homes vulnerable to attack. (consider an > > internet connected door lock) > > There are many people who do not read this list who would have nothing > whatsoever to do with such a scheme (earlier similar schemes are routers & > etc that are programmed and controlled from the "web", and remote access > crap which is proxied through a third-party web server -- another > ill-conceived and brain-dead idea). This is a self-limiting issue. Darwin > will take care of it. Unfortunately there will be collateral damage as > those not fit to the continuation of the species are eliminated from the > gene pool. > > We should do our duty and make sure that the pool cleaning proceeds with > the maximum speed and efficiency possible. > > > > >