Oh, Yesssss!! Internet!!! Lightbulbs!!!!

Apparently there are lightbulbs which can be connected to the interwebz so one can turn them on or off from Honolulu.  Or the office, or car, or something.

And some fools buy them.

...In the latest installment in the Internet of Shit edition of the unanticipated (but totally predictable) consequences, Americablog editor John Aravosis discovered that the Philips Hue lightbulbs he returned to Amazon were now on in someone else's house -- but still under his control.

He discovered this because the new owner, "Amanda Jean," initialized the bulbs, and then his Hue app started to send him a stream of updates from Amanda Jean's house, along with the address for her IoT hub and her email address....

Let's hope "Amanda Jean" was wearing clothing near the lightbulb.

HT:  AOSHQ