4 ms·

Same reason it's illegal to drive a car that's not certified for roads or build a building that don't meet safety standards. You have a right to pose a danger

• dfox 9y ago
  In my opinion you should be liable for any such danger you pose to others with the ability to shift that liability to whoever sold you source of such danger while assuring you that it is safe. In fact it is then inconsequential whether some device puts you in direct danger or in danger of somebody comming after you for putting them in danger.
  • maltalex 9y ago
    > In my opinion you should be liable for any such danger you pose to others with the ability to shift that liability to whoever sold you source of such danger while assuring you that it is safe. Right. So you, the little guy, is going to shift the blame to a rich company that does this for a living. Say it's a company such as Google which makes some IoT devices. Would you be able to prove in court, and in front of their engineers and lawyers that they've sold you an insecure device? Do you even have access to their source code?