I think it's more like last hope than first aid. Those windows that people fall out are pretty high up.
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Re: How are these devices accessed from the internet though?
A big selling point is that they are accessible from some app remotely. I'd imagine most of them are upnp devices requiring very little setup. Couple that with home routers doing dynamic dns and such and its a recipe for this kind of disaster.