Re: Legislative proposal sent to my Congressman

[Ca By <cb.list6 () gmail com>]

On Monday, October 3, 2016, Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon () orthanc ca> wrote:

> In thinking over the last DDos involving IoT devices, I think we don't
> > have a good technical solution to the problem.  Cutting off people with
> > defective devices they they don't understand, and have little control over,
> > is an action that makes sense, but hurts the innocent.  "Hey, Grandma, did
> > you know your TV set is hurting the Internet?"
>
> The way this will get solved is for a couple of large ISPs and DDoS
> targets to sue a few of these IoT device manufacturers into oblivion.
>
> --lyndon
FTC has a hand in this area


https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2016/02/asus-settles-ftc-charges-insecure-home-routers-cloud-services-put