Schneier point of view is that government involvement will happen and it is better to shape this involvement before the US government is forced to intervene aft

Schneier point of view is that government involvement will happen and it is better to shape this involvement before the US government is forced to intervene after a large-scale disaster. > Nothing motivates the U.S. government like fear. Remember 2001? A small-government Republican president created the Department of Homeland Security in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks: a rushed and ill-thought-out decision that we've been trying to fix for more than a decade. > A fatal IoT disaster will similarly spur our government into action, and it's unlikely to be well-considered and thoughtful action. > Our choice isn't between government involvement and no government involvement. Our choice is between smarter government involvement and stupider government involvement. We have to start thinking about this now. Regulations are necessary, important and complex ­— and they're coming. We can't afford to ignore these issues until it's too late. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/11/regulation_of_t.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/11/regulation_of...