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You can, but you very well might not. And your desktop computer is a far, far more valuable target in terms of computing power and network connectivity. Should
by leggomylibro 9y ago
You can, but you very well might not. And your desktop computer is a far, far more valuable target in terms of computing power and network connectivity. Should we be regulating that device as protection against your choosing or forgetting to not follow best practices?
- MBCook 9y ago> And your desktop computer is a far, far more valuable target in terms of computing power and network connectivity. It’s also FAR more secure. IoT devices are often easy to hack. And while they may not have much horsepower they have a network connection. You won’t mine many Bitcoins but it doesn’t take a lot power to be part of a DDoS. And I have one computer, one tablet, one phone. I may have 5 smart lightbulbs, a DVR, a security camera or two, a indoor/outdoor thermometer....
- leggomylibro 9y agoAlso a good point, but how would you propose that we measure 'security'? Is an Android phone that hasn't received a carrier update in 8 months "secure"? How about a home server running an ancient distro which long since stopped receiving package updates? The phone is probably a bigger concern at scale, but I have seen plenty of families with dusty "photo storage/backup" boxes that their family's resident IT person set up and networked when they were in high school.