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Imagine getting locked out of your smart home thermostat because your credit card expired on an e-commerce store account.

“Last month we had debit card fraud, where bank sent us new card. […] Meanwhile, everything Amazon shut down for us. Amazon, Alexa, smart thermometers. Worst of all - the last season of #BetterCallSaul, which I *paid* for.”

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