Re: [LINK] Telstra launches Australian homes onto the Internet of S**t

2016-11-20 Thread JanW 
At 09:52 AM 21/11/2016, dloch...@key.net.au wrote:

>If someone hacks your front door and steals the priceless Ming Vase, would 
>Telstra pay up immediately without argument?

Ignoring legal risk always makes me laugh, sadly. Of course Tel$tra could 
include it as a 'business expense' or try to attibute the liability to the 
labour hire companies who hire contractors to install them.  (sarcasm)

Jan


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Re: [LINK] Telstra launches Australian homes onto the Internet of S**t

2016-11-20 Thread dlochrin 
On Thursday 17 November 2016 21:31:59 David Boxall wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/16/telstra_launches_australian_homes_onto_the_internet_of_st/
> Telstra's decided that Australian homes aren't insecure enough, launching its 
> very own Internet of S**t Things offering based mostly on generic 
> home-branded kit.

Well I think it's funny!  A classic example of things which are technically 
possible but silly.

If someone hacks your front door and steals the priceless Ming Vase, would 
Telstra pay up immediately without argument?

David L.
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Re: [LINK] Telstra launches Australian homes onto the Internet of S**t

2016-11-17 Thread Jim Birch 
More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/16/telstra_smart_home_security/

On 17 November 2016 at 21:31, David Boxall  wrote:

>  stralian_homes_onto_the_internet_of_st/>
>
>> Telstra's decided that Australian homes aren't insecure enough, launching
>> its very own Internet of S**t Things offering based mostly on generic
>> home-branded kit.
>>
>
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[LINK] Telstra launches Australian homes onto the Internet of S**t

2016-11-17 Thread David Boxall 


Telstra's decided that Australian homes aren't insecure enough, 
launching its very own Internet of S**t Things offering based mostly 
on generic home-branded kit.


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