California may ban terrible default passwords on connected devices

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] California may ban terrible default passwords on connected devices
> Date: September 20, 2018 at 5:57:36 AM GMT+9
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
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> California may ban terrible default passwords on connected devices
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> https://www.engadget.com/2018/09/19/california-connected-devices-security-law-cybersecurity/
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>       If Brown signs the bill into law, it will take effect at the
>       beginning of 2020. But critics claim the wording is vague and
>       doesn't go far enough in ensuring manufacturers don't include
>       unsecured features.  "It's like dieting, where people insist
>       you should eat more kale, which does little to address the
>       problem you are pigging out on potato chips," Robert Graham of
>       Errata Security said in a blog post. "The key to dieting is
>       not eating more but eating less." Given the huge number of
>       connected devices available, it's also not clear how the state
>       plans to enforce and regulate the rules.
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