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If said companies cannot afford to test or provide patches, maybe they shouldn't be in the game of creating unpatchable internet-facing devices. IoT companies
by Ar-Curunir 10y ago
If said companies cannot afford to test or provide patches, maybe they shouldn't be in the game of creating unpatchable internet-facing devices.
IoT companies have been pushing crappy proprietary solutions for a while now; mobile phones and computers are exempt from this primarily because they run a few major OSes, which can be relatively easily patched. IoT devices are a shithole of poorly written code that doesn't even work properly, let alone securely.
- necessity 10y agoSo only tech giants can play..?
- TeMPOraL 10y agoI'd prefer it that way, to be honest - because your average small company has exactly zero incentive to deliver actually useful product. They can easily sell crap and avoid consequences. It's how software is done too, except that a crappy SaaS startup can't be easily turned into a botnet. Not that big companies don't try to sell crap - but they can't so easily evade consequences, so they at least have to think about self-preservation.