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Would it be illegal to innoculate IoT devices by forking Mirai and then changing each vulnerable device's default password to a random choice of high entropy?
by chowyuncat 10y ago
Would it be illegal to innoculate IoT devices by forking Mirai and then changing each vulnerable device's default password to a random choice of high entropy?
- omni 10y agoDoesn't this brick the device from the user's perspective?
- chowyuncat 10y agoIn many cases, sure, but there is usually an easy way to reset such a device back to its factory defaults.
- oneeyedpigeon 10y agoIANAL, but I'm pretty sure the answer to that is "yes". It would set a terrible precedent by authorising vigilantism, and I'm not sure how you would define "vulnerable" under the law.