Ah I mean if you want to take IoT (the S stands for security) nihilism to the extreme, then yeah, but it's not that hard as an network engineer to firewall off

Ah I mean if you want to take IoT (the S stands for security) nihilism to the extreme, then yeah, but it's not that hard as an network engineer to firewall off IoT devices so they can't become part of botnet. So yes, give me a door, a car, and a pacemaker. But no thanks on the ransomware. I can disable uPnP and only connect via VPN, with local only storage, no vendor cloud access. It's not great that all that needs to be done, and I'm not sure where it leaves those less knowledgeable about such things. But cynical unihilism that you're gonna get ransomewared is unconstructive and blocks any sort of progress. Everyday users want IoT devices, and unless we become Luddites over this (which is a valid option *), there's a duty to improve things while delivering what people ask for. Otherwise they're going to wander over to Home Depot and buy the cheapest and latest part of a botnet IoT camera. * https://twitter.com/soniacuff/status/1480864440136265733 https://twitter.com/soniacuff/status/1480864440136265733