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Encrypting everything has consequences. I recently had an IoT pairing issue between two devices. A normal human will not run wireshark to troubleshoot a pairi
by droopybuns 11y ago
Encrypting everything has consequences.
I recently had an IoT pairing issue between two devices. A normal human will not run wireshark to troubleshoot a pairing failure between two devices. I did. I was rewarded with a shitty protocol that could not be evaluated for errors and a moderated support forum that encouraged me to reboot my router.
Taken to its extreme conclusion- there are important networking problems that are amplified if we encrypt all the packets.
Sometimes, I feel like the EFF is composed of idealistic teenagers with limited understanding of how the world outside of their first hop works. I generally support them, but it is always at arms length.
- sametmax 11y agoAnd buckling up your seat belt has consquences. You cannot danse the way you used to on your seat and 1 time out 1000, it actually makes the accident more violent. Still, you should use the seat belt. All the time.
- userbinator 11y agoThat's what MITM proxies are for... but I do agree that devices with encrypted traffic, without any means of its owner inspecting it, can be a significant threat.
- pjc50 11y agoOf course, not encrypting and authenticating between the devices lets any other compromised device on your network interpose itself in that pairing and do whatever it likes with your IoT devices.