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Re:Say Cheese: a snapshot of the massive DDoS attacks coming... by NeutronBoy on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @08:32PM (#12689607)
This comment shows the disconnect between many comments I read on this forum[0] and the real world, frankly.

Whenever Apple or Samsung release an update for their smartphones, I have a to help family members click through dialogs to install them. How are they supposed to assess and implement security for an IP camera they bought at a department store?

How would they do it anyway? Is the expectation that they fire up Wireshark, identify traffic flows to and from their device, then configure the firewall on their consumer-grade router to limit this traffic?

[0] previously read just '... disconnect between this forum ...'

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Re:Say Cheese: a snapshot of the massive DDoS attacks coming... by uhhuhuh on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @08:42PM (#12689638)
Please don't generalize from a single comment to "this forum". You're painting thousands of people with a very broad brush.
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Re:Say Cheese: a snapshot of the massive DDoS attacks coming... by NeutronBoy on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @09:26PM (#12689805)
Fair point, have updated my comment.
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