[frombody]

What I don't get is why are people directly connecting these devices to the internet?

The logs in the article show these devices being accessed from the internet.

There have been many people in this forum mentioning how their data is gone, and I'm doubting most of the people here are directly connecting their devices to the internet .. which makes me feel like there is something more going on.

[5555624]

> What I don't get is why are people directly connecting these devices to the internet?

Because they want to access their data from anywhere or at least like the idea of doing that and it's under their control, not the Google or Microsoft cloud.

[charwalker]

They don't trust or can't afford the monthly cost of _Drive cloud solutions so go with the home based solution. They still want the web access for pulling up photos for grandma or something.

WD has (had?) credibility in non tech circles so these would sell well.