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You absolutely can design things to minimize their abuse potential. Just because nothing can be 100% effective, doesn't mean it's not worth the effort. This is
by dannyw 8y ago
You absolutely can design things to minimize their abuse potential. Just because nothing can be 100% effective, doesn't mean it's not worth the effort. This is like arguing we shouldn't have seatbelt warning indicators just because someone could find a workaround.
Any security camera can be trivially disabled with a piece of cardboard. Just tape over the camera. Any microphone can be trivially disabled with water.
I don't see what your point is. Every IoT device needs an off switch. A home security camera, of course, can and should emit a warning with it is disabled.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoAnd as discussed by the article, disabling the equipment can make the abuse worse. Nothing's more likely to put someone in a homicidal rage like "I poured water on your expensive microphone".
- toss1 8y agoright, so being able to disable the microphone without destroying it, by pressing the little red button, would be quite useful in this instance.