Re:The Mirai Botnet Is Proof the Security Industry Is Broken
by VodkaHaze on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @11:19AM
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Externalities are usually solved through pigouvian taxes.
But since we can't really know in advance what product will/won't be secure (or at least it's incredibly difficult in the constantly goalpost moving security industry) the only way I can see this happening is if, say DYN could sue the IoT manufacturers for negligence or something of the like.
But since we can't really know in advance what product will/won't be secure (or at least it's incredibly difficult in the constantly goalpost moving security industry) the only way I can see this happening is if, say DYN could sue the IoT manufacturers for negligence or something of the like.