[LINK] Has the world just gone light-headed, or completely bonkers?

[Roger Clarke]

https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram/archives/2019/0715.html#cg26

If you need to reset the software in your GE smart light bulb -- 
firmware version 2.8 or later -- just follow these easy instructions:

Start with your bulb off for at least 5 seconds.

Turn on for 8 seconds
Turn off for 2 seconds
Turn on for 8 seconds
Turn off for 2 seconds
Turn on for 8 seconds
Turn off for 2 seconds
Turn on for 8 seconds
Turn off for 2 seconds
Turn on for 8 seconds
Turn off for 2 seconds
Turn on
Bulb will flash on and off 3 times if it has been successfully reset.


The original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BB6wj6RyKo&feature=youtu.be


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Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law            University of N.S.W.
Visiting Professor in Computer Science    Australian National University