It's Official: Your "Smart" Fridge Can Be Infected by Porn

In theory, it’s great that you can control everything in your house from your smartphone.

In practice, though, the inevitable can and will happen: your house will end up infected with tons of porn. Witness: On Sunday, antivirus software guru/bath salts enthusiast John McAfee tweeted a photo from Home Depot of a smart fridge … connected to Pornhub.

The IOT…. do you believe me now? Pornhub on a refrigerator. What, in our current cybersecurity paradigm, accounts for this? pic.twitter.com/po5MezPjzJ

— John McAfee (@officialmcafee) October 2, 2016

While this revelation finally answers the question, “What use is a smart fridge?”, the pic does bring up Skynet-like implications. In your Internet of Things future, everything in your house will be connected — be it your your thermostat (Nest), lights (Philips Hue) or coffeemaker (Nespresso) … not to mention security cameras or alarm systems.

Which means all of those devices are hackable. In its second-season premiere, Mr. Robot previewed a version of this dark IoT future when Darlene and fsociety easily took charge of the connected home of Susan Jacobs, the general counsel for E Corp. Freezing temps and general discomfort followed.

“This scenario is entirely possible,” Corey Nachreiner told GeekWire, where the WatchGuard Technologies CTO has been reviewing the USA show from a hacker/security angle. “Although few smart homes are as integrated as that one, many of the home automation systems highlighted are available on the market. Many of the companies creating [IoT devices] aren’t traditional computer or software companies. As a result, many of the latest connected devices aren’t designed with security in mind.”

Hacked IoT devices have already launched severe DDoS attacks, and you may remember recent news about a Tesla Model S getting hacked from 12 miles away. Or a “smart” vibrator that was remotely activated. Or a Wi-Fi-enabled TrackingPoint sniper rifle.

Consider the porn fridge a warning.