Fear of litigation may be key to security on the Internet of Things

Re:Fear of litigation may be key to security on the Internet... by crottypeter on Thursday March 23, 2017 @10:27AM (#13939993)

> (E.g. no consumer is going to care that their smart lightbulb participated in a DDoS)

They might care if it used up their GB allowance offered by their ISP or made their connection too slow for e.g. Netflix to work.

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Re:Fear of litigation may be key to security on the Internet... by klibertp on Thursday March 23, 2017 @11:10AM (#13940392)

> They might care if it used up their GB allowance offered by their ISP

A quick question: are data caps on land-lines still used? The last time I saw the "X GB monthly" was around 2005 I think. There are still some data caps when using cell phone to connect to the Internet, and I don't know how it looks outside of major cities, but personally I last had a connection with data cap more than a decade ago.

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Re:Fear of litigation may be key to security on the Internet... by kogepathic on Sunday March 26, 2017 @05:14AM (#13959889)

> A quick question: are data caps on land-lines still used?

Yes, at least in Germany. Most DSL connections have a 300GB monthly limit. If you exceed this for 3 consecutive months the ISP gets pissed and throttles you (I think, haven't exceeded 300GB per month and can't remember the exact fine print).

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Re:Fear of litigation may be key to security on the Internet... by crottypeter on Monday March 27, 2017 @06:48AM (#13966541)

Yes, I saw a 25GB per month home broadband offer this week. Unlimited was moderately more expensive. I guess some people don't need more than that.

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