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Seems like they worked fine for decades before the internet (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)
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[–] -5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is exactly why they are connected. Often through VPNs, meaning the hacks are getting into local area network traffic.

People are talking out of their ass, making all sorts of assumptions.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Aparantly we can assume that the control system for the fridges were connected to the internet, and I can't really see the point of that.

    Why not just have the monitoring system be sepaeate from the control system, I am sure you can monitor the system through external sensors to the control system.

    Then you can get the alerts while the actual control system remains disconnected from the internet.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    That is because to be the most efficient they have to constantly adjust the deadzone temperature. Its not just monitoring but active control. This is based on local air temperature, humidity and stock levels. To be even more efficient they put a thousand fridges online so that a small team can do the work of a much larger local team.

    So the real reason is that to increase profit margins, they consolidated lots of workers behind a few and did this via the internet. A common story the world over.

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