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The three million toothbrush botnet story isn’t true. (cyberplace.social)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I suspect you would enjoy the story of Furbeowulf.

http://www.trygve.com/furbeowulf.html

That page is old enough that it doesn't seem to support HTTPS. If your browser automatically converts HTTP to HTTPS, you're going to get a warning about an insecure connection. Here's a wayback machine link that supports a secure connection:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230503215715/http://www.trygve.com/furbeowulf.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"secure connection failed" accessing that link

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Edited with explanation and alternate link.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I was there, at the beginning, and I am living to see the end