A license, that can be revoked. Like a doctors license. (Not just some "seal of professionalism" certificate, like, ITIL, PCI, Prince2 or that garbage of course

A license, that can be revoked. Like a doctors license. (Not just some "seal of professionalism" certificate, like, ITIL, PCI, Prince2 or that garbage of course.) Its an interesting proposition. But thinking it through: suppose the issue were that Hikvision weren't licensed and that therefore all those cameras were illegal. But they're still there, filming. And so will future cameras from certified suppliers that simply never get firmware updates, because the user never enabled them. A professional license will probably help. Another approach would be to completely outlaw cameras in certain locations. But the broader problem is that people like cheap cool new stuff and then neglect it.