From a trip away, I told my agent to patch my home network, and ten minutes later it was done

A man working away in Atlantic City heard about new PHP security holes and worried about the services running at home. Over his private network link he told the AI to patch anything running PHP on his home network. Ten minutes later everything at home was patched.

How it works

He messages the AI over his private link
The AI finds the services running PHP on his home network
Patches them
Ten minutes later the network is patched and he gets the word

Why it’s worth knowing

One short message from another city and his home network was patched before he finished worrying about it.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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