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If a particular brand of toaster is constantly being hacked, the market would respond That depends whether "the market" is directly affected. If my toaster is
by manarth 10y ago
If a particular brand of toaster is constantly being hacked, the market would respond
That depends whether "the market" is directly affected.
If my toaster is hacked and starts getting used in a DDOS botnet - but still makes toast as expected - would I even know?
The way to ensure market forces influence this is to ensure that the market is negatively affected: whether that's their ISP disconnecting their internet, their device stopping working, etc.
- cesarb 10y ago> If my toaster is hacked and starts getting used in a DDOS botnet - but still makes toast as expected - would I even know? How is the toaster connected to the Internet? If through wireless, a DDOS could easily use too much airtime, making every other wireless device in the same channel slower. You wouldn't notice the toaster misbehaving, but you would notice everything else not working as well.
- vkou 10y agoAnd most people will troubleshoot this problem by restarting their router. And when that doesn't solve the problem, complain about cosmic rays, or humid weather.
- manarth 10y agoyou would notice everything else not working as well Assuming that my toaster didn't get owned on day 1, even as a tech-minded person, if my wifi suddenly started slowing down, I'd be considering a number of other alternatives before wondering whether my toaster had been hacked. Let's assume a little bit of packet-sniffing would uncover the cause, that's still only a very small minority of people with the skills and tools to go through that process.
- tedunangst 10y agoDo I have google fiber with one of those fancy 37 antenna routers? I could easily be blasting 100mbs upstream without noticing because nearly all the traffic I care about is downstream.