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Great question, I agree. Criminal negligence might be one possibility; fraud in selling something not suitable for purpose might be another. Obviously it's goin
by Nomentatus 9y ago
Great question, I agree. Criminal negligence might be one possibility; fraud in selling something not suitable for purpose might be another. Obviously it's going to be very difficult to draw such lines in the (continuous) sand; but we might as well start now. How many corners can you cut before the courts need to be involved (beyond civil lawsuits?) How much of the net do you need to imperil to trigger criminal consequences?
Maybe something like certification for electronics is needed and is possible here? Where manufacturers pay for a fairly decent inspection of their work in return for a mark of inspection?
(I don't mean to take a side re this particular crap-storm.)
- ryan-c 9y agoAT&T doesn't sell these modems, they require customers to rent them.
- kurthr 9y agoAnd they restrict all updates to them... those must be downloaded from AT&T. I have one.
- ryan-c 9y agoThey even require the damn things on their gigabit fiber service (there is a separate media converter, so it's not about the physical interface), and enforce using it by doing wired 802.1x.