And then someone prevents you from running said oven until you pay them a ransom.<p>(Or just starts turning on peoples irons at random, if it can turn them on as well)<p>I personally think the security implications outweigh the potential benefits for most IoT devices. It&#x27;s too bad, because the potential benefits are generally nice.<p>(And the other side is: I have no desire to &quot;buy&quot; a device that can have features remotely removed. It&#x27;s why I ditched Windows, it&#x27;s why I won&#x27;t ever buy a Tesla or an iPhone, it&#x27;s why I don&#x27;t have any recent game consoles. And most IoT devices fall into this category. Among other reasons, it creates a perverse incentive for a company to break (intentionally or unintentionally) older models (or allow them to fall into disrepair) so that people will upgrade to this year&#x27;s model.)