On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 18:21:46 -0400
grarpamp
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/we-need-to-save-the-internet-from-the-inter...
Irony of govt specified devices in your home, all to combat aforesaid censorship? Mandated by: Bruce Schneier
"IoT will remain insecure unless government steps in and fixes the problem. When we have market failures, government is the only solution.
I think I already pointed out what kind of despicable piece of shit schneier is. No wonder he is, among other things, a high ranking mafioso of the tor mafia. The funny thing is how such a motherfucking scumbag like schneier is 'respected' in 'circles' of people allegedly 'worried' about privacy and government threats.
The government could impose security regulations on IoT manufacturers, forcing them to make their devices secure even though their customers don't care. They could impose liabilities on manufacturers, allowing people like Brian Krebs to sue them. Any of these would raise the cost of insecurity and give companies incentives to spend money making their devices secure. Of course, this would only be a domestic solution to an international problem.
The definitive solution is for the US military to murder everyone of course.
The internet is global, and attackers can just as easily build a botnet out of IoT devices from Asia as from the United States. Long term, we need to build an internet that is resilient against attacks like this. "