- cross-posted to:
- 3dprinting
- cross-posted to:
- 3dprinting
This is a good example, why not all devices should be connected to foreign servers. Errors can happen everywhere. But it could end badly, if some Corporations make errors and creating trouble, which would otherwise not happen.
In the case of the 3D-printer it is not that bad (except it destroys itself or even gets on fire), also you can turn it off. But imagine a smart stove top that lights up a towel (or something similar) while nobody is home.
Not, that I think that it is not useful to have something like that, but wouldn’t it be nice, if that stuff would work locally? (with the WireGuard integration in modems, the access from outside of home with the smartphone, should also be no problem for non-tech people)
They can also kill you with carbon monoxide if they’re not vented properly.
Wait what?!? 😅 What kind of 3D-printer did they use?
Do FDM-printer emit that much carbon monoxide?
I don’t think they do that story is just people jumping to conclusions. They can produce toxic fumes, but I don’t know where carbon monoxide would come from.
https://3dprint.com/163470/did-a-3d-printer-just-kill-people/
They could burn some of the Material, but the Gases which get produced by this should not be enough to kill someone (else way more people would be dead i guess).
You are right. I think it would have to be malfunctioning. Don’t think a properly working one would burn any thing. I had the feeling from some of the articles that people were under the impression a usual and properly working ones were dangerous because of carbon monoxide. The same risk is true of any electric device. It could burn slowly. Everyone should have a carbon monoxide detector and still vent things properly either way. :)
Yeah, that’s right. Better safe than sorry :D