Re: Security News This Week: Hackers Are Erasing Western Digital Hard Drives Remotely
AJL <[email protected]> Wed, 30 Jun 2021 09:30:40 -0700
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On 6/30/2021 9:13 AM, nospam wrote: > AJL <[email protected]> wrote: >> My electric company gives away free smart thermostats. We are now >> having a severe heat wave. The electric company remotely raised >> the temperature on everybody's thermostat a few degrees to lessen >> the strain on the power grid. > that was something you opted into in exchange for a free thermostat. I never opted in to it. I do have a smart thermostat that came with my AC but I have never hooked it to the WiFi. Call it paranoia? > it's also a good thing, because if the grid is overloaded, the > result is no power. Agreed. I always keep mine set to 78F which is what the power company raised the others to. So I did my part anyway. But my real incentive is to keep the electric bill within reason...