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Researchers Install Ransomware on Internet-Connected Wrench (www.404media.co)

submitted 11 months ago by 0110010001100010 to c/technology

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[–] mean_bean279 23 points 11 months ago

A few ideas off the top of my head

asset tracking
location awareness
ability to send out mass specs to devices
device assignment
tracking working hours

I’m not saying all of these are good ideas, or that they couldn’t just have a centralized hub that just pushes and pulls this information. That said, the website for them does list that they also have a camera for scanning barcodes. I could see having barcodes linked with a certain torque spec and that requiring a network connection if the information wasn’t hard coded. website