YOUR toaster burns and the freezer spoils your food, all at the whim of a malevolent foreign power. A new kind of domestic warfare could become a reality when everyday gizmos acquire their own internet addresses so they can in theory be turned against us by cyber-attacks, aided perhaps by sabotaged microchips (see 鈥淔ighting wars in cyber space鈥�). It is reassuring that the US plans to study these and other bizarre possibilities in the world鈥檚 first cyberwar 鈥渟hooting gallery鈥�. Alas, domestic gadgets will never again seem quite so friendly and helpful.
The toaster did it
A new kind of domestic warfare might become a reality as everyday gizmos get their own internet addresses
