I have mixed feeling about legislation solutions too. Hard to write laws that are enforceable and keep up with the technology.
I have been thinking that we currently have lots of existing product safety rules. I think these can be applied to IoT devices. If they proved to be vulnerable, then they can be declared unsafe and banned from sale. Then retailers like Amazon and the like would stop selling the bad ones.
Going after the people who sell them, vs. the user or the vendor, should have a bigger effect.
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Product Safety
I have been thinking that we currently have lots of existing product safety rules. I think these can be applied to IoT devices. If they proved to be vulnerable, then they can be declared unsafe and banned from sale. Then retailers like Amazon and the like would stop selling the bad ones.
Going after the people who sell them, vs. the user or the vendor, should have a bigger effect.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by Bob Hinden.
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