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Legislative proposal sent to my Congressman
- Subject: Legislative proposal sent to my Congressman
- From: lyndon at orthanc.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg)
- Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 14:10:05 -0700 (PDT)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]>
> This is where device profiles could help. If enough devices register
> profiles with the local router, at some point the router's default
> could be closed, so devices with no profile can't talk to the outside.
That would be nice, but a manufacturer who can't be bothered to take even
the most basic security precautions certainly isn't going to implement
this, either.
The only cure to this will be changing the law so that the directors of
the companies that ship massively insecure devices like these are
personally liable for all the financial loss attributed to their products.
Bankrupt a few companies' board of directors and you'll start seeing
things change in a hurry.
--lyndon