RE: Spitballing IoT Security

[Emille Blanc <emille () abccommunications com>]

> On Thu, 27 Oct 2016, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
>
> > My iPhone 3GS still works just fine,
>
> I still have a "functional" iPhone 3G (no S).  I don't think AT&T will 
> activate service on it at this point, and it's been relegated to iPod 
> service when I do yard work.
>
> > You can't *force* people to throw away or trade-in their old tech products,
> > especially when, from the user's point of view, there doesn't -seem- to be
> > anything wrong with them... like all of those pre- Sept. 2015 Internet video
> > cameras.
>
> Sure you can.  Just make the tech dependent on "the cloud" and when the 
> device is too old, force retirement by no longer supporting it.  That 
> doesn't force it off the network (unless the final command from the cloud 
> is "shut off [your network interface]?"), but it makes the user much more 
> likely to toss it and replace it with something newer if they still want 
> such a device.

Or shut down the network that the phone(s) support. Anyone remember the analogue cell network shutdown? Or am I already 
that old?
http://www.pcworld.com/article/142119/article.html

Granted there were other problems this presented. Decreased coverage in areas for example is my favourite, as it opened 
the doors for such revolutionary pay-as-you-go-licensing features for base stations such as range-by-the-kilometre.
But I think with this, I'm contributing to driving this thread off the topic of IoT security, and will now dive back 
into staring at some netflow data.