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We should probably start having regulations around IOT servcies. The issue here isn't that the customer or the service rep was abusive. The real issue is that t

• bigbugbag 10y ago
  Could it be different though ? IOT is closely related to MMO videogames in that most servers close down at some point in the not so distant future. I will not buy any IoT ever, even with regulations. Factor in that IoT has terrible security and has already been massively exploited and now you're part of a criminal ring of webcam owners or fridges or whatever gizmo that attempted to DoS a DNS root server or government or antiterrorist unit and according to laws you can be jailed/decapitated/fined or worse.
  • jitix 10y ago
    Hmm.. in that case some sort of classification should be there. Games are non-essential but temperature controller, door openers and locks are essential functionalities. As a general rule the manufacturers of IOT devices should be made by law release the server side code/binaries that a consumer could run by yourself (and also provide configuration options on the hardware device itself). I know it won't be of much use to most consumers as of now but as people become more techology-literate they should be able to download a container, choose a cloud provider and upload it to run the backend. As IPv6 become more popular home routers could expand their functionality to provide container hosting. edit: Added the part about self-hosting.