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Re:The Mirai Botnet Is Proof the Security Industry Is Broken by dredmorbius on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @09:50PM (#12851685)
A Nashville, TN, family are suing Amazon for $30 million following a hoverboard fire which destroyed their $1m home.

http://www.wtsp.com/money/family-sues-amazon-after-hoverboar...

The control points are rapidly becoming retail and payment systems. Suing Amazon, Walmart, Visa, MasterCard, Paypal, etc., for facilitating the commerce of counterfeit and manifestly harmful products seems to be the logical evolution.

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Re:The Mirai Botnet Is Proof the Security Industry Is Broken by pjc50 on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @10:37AM (#12855155)
Retailers have always been the first point of liability for products. In some jurisdictions it was hard to sue the manufacturer directly - after all, they're not the one you had a contract with.

Payment processors are another matter IMO, and should not be made into product police or underwriters.

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