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Nothing about "The FTC will sue you if you market an insecure device and put consumers at risk by using it." If you're not aware, the FTC has put a tremendous
by dguido 12y ago
Nothing about "The FTC will sue you if you market an insecure device and put consumers at risk by using it."
If you're not aware, the FTC has put a tremendous amount of resources over the last ~2 years towards enforcement actions against insecure device makers and defining a minimum baseline of security that all device makers should meet. The likelihood that you will be named in one of these suits has risen quite a bit during this time period.
http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2015/01/ftc-report-internet-things-urges-companies-adopt-best-practices http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2015/01/ftc-re...
http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2013/09/marketer-internet-connected-home-security-video-cameras-settles http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2013/09/market...
http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/techftc/2015/02/whats-security-shelf-life-iot http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/techftc/2015/02/whats-s...