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The manufacturer, obviously, just like any other defective product. Devices don't need to be perfect, but if companies are going to say "we're going to sell a p
by apendleton 10y ago
The manufacturer, obviously, just like any other defective product. Devices don't need to be perfect, but if companies are going to say "we're going to sell a potentially imperfect thing," they need to either have a mechanism to update it to address defects, or they need to prepare to issue recalls. As for the password: reputable companies now set a random password and print it on a sticker on the device or a slip of paper inside the box. Having a global default is broken by design; we know users won't change it.
- elcct 10y agoIt is like blaming knife manufacturer for murder. In case of cameras, default password was not a defect and anyone with common sense could change it. Obviously a lot of people didn't do that, so that is their fault. Maybe manufacturers should put a red sticker warning about potential consequences of not changing the password, just like knife maker could put a red sticker that you should be careful cause you can cut yourself...
- detaro 10y agoIt's generally recommended best practice to force the user to change the password on setup, and/or to ship with a randomized password. At some point not making your product conforming to established best practices means you share some of the responsibility. (And customers have more lee-way in being uneducated than manufacturers). One would hope best practices don't have to be turned into laws (because they quickly become outdated and are easily miss-applied), but there is going to be a push to do that.
- olliej 10y agoIn this case the password is hard coded in the firmware (and the web interface isn't aware of the telnet interface). They actually designed something where the password literally cannot be changed by the user :-/
- elcct 10y agoOh...
- elcct 10y ago> but there is going to be a push to do that. That's obvious - nobody wants to be blamed for its own ignorance and then if at the same time you can make money on it, the law is just a matter of time, especially in the left wing climate supporting bureaucracy and over regulation and eventually making people more ignorant and irresponsible. Vicious circle.
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- Tenhundfeld 10y agoFrom what I read, part of the issue here is the these specific cameras cannot have their password changed, at least not through the normal web admin UI. So, they're shipping a default password that people cannot update.