You are probably right on this regard, sometimes some regulations can have a big impact on how things function. However, do we really need to have the thing itself exposed to the internet? Can we not have a better architecture to have the same thing, but safe? The technology is there, is just a matter of doing it right

You know DAMN well there are FAR better ways to do that than to connect the fucking freezers to the Internet.

This whole push from you is weirdly ignorant of how to actually do things, let alone safely.

When energy was cheap... You realize:

1. Freezers and fridges need to stay cold around the clock. Right? You cannot turn them off sometimes unless you want things to spoil. So... you're not saving shit by making them "smart".

2. The efficiency gains over the years from refrigeration systems have NOT come from making them "smart". It's from making the part that actually uses a ton of energy more efficient.

3. Nowhere do any of those rules require remote administration of the fridges and freezers. Only getting data OUT of them. Securely getting read-only data out of systems has been a solved problem for decades.

So again, connecting them to the internet in any way that allows administration is unnecessary. Completely. Utterly. Now, remember that "unnecessary" does not mean, "utterly useless in all ways". The point is that it does not justify the risks. The risks that are already showing you how stupid the idea is.

OK sure. How about receiving confirmation that the event that is about to shape the entire century has happened? I'm not asking about your family, I'm asking you to consider people's motivations of their actions based on more relatable situations.

And why would he need to be interrupted in the middle of a very important kindergarten reading session to be informed of something that he already knew about?

To know that nothing stopped the thing he thought was going to happen, from happening.