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user-inactivated  ·  3123 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The internet of things

Unless there are major, and I mean "declaring bankruptcy" and "CIO's in jail" major fines and criminal consequences for the piss poor shitty security in the IoT shovelware, nothing will change.

I don't buy anything that connects to the Internet unless it needs to (router, modem, laptop etc.) My lights don't need to talk to a network, nor does my microwave, fridge, dishwasher etc. I even bought network cameras that do not make internet calls; they only talk on the local subnet so people out in the world cannot find them.

Internet of Things is going to either drive me insane or make me a ton of money setting this crap up and keeping the bad guys out.