WHAT—
This had me in three words: "network-connected wrenches". I mean, WHY? Okay, I get that if you're Boeing you might *want* to ensure your fitters are torquing the bolts on your emergency exit covers correctly. But surely the wrench should be pretty much transmit-only while it's in use on an assembly line? It shouldn't be able to execute code at all.
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