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Fair, but we are not expecting manufacturers to make bullet-proof devices. We are expecting them to make devices that do not let you achieve root access over th
by rybosome 10y ago
Fair, but we are not expecting manufacturers to make bullet-proof devices. We are expecting them to make devices that do not let you achieve root access over the internet using an unchanged username and password combination. That's a very easy and specific thing to regulate.
- nradov 10y agoBut they pretty much do have to be bulletproof. Every single device connected to the Internet now effectively has a fully automated machine gun firing at it all the time. One gap in the armor is all it takes.
- pjlegato 10y agoWell, the NSA let a low level contractor (Snowden) walk off with a thumb drive containing half their archive. That's not far removed from not changing the default root password.