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Definitions are arbitrary. Also, a case of function vs mechanism

The finger pointing here comes from different definitions, particularly a definition based on function vs. a definition based on mechanism. Definitions are social conventions and are arbitrary. It is not a question of "right" or "wrong".

By the way, Internet connected TVs have already been hacked to spy in people. I believe that hackers are working on smart refrigerators. It is only a matter of time before smart light bulbs get hacked. (Smart lights are already in heavy industrial use for theater's and home use is starting.) Any device that can be hacked may expose the internal computing mechanism and thereby provide a computing function for the benefit of a (possibly malevolent) hacker.

Tony Lauck

"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar


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