Re:A vigilante trying to improve IoT security
by pixl97 on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @04:33PM
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>isn't it best to inform the consumer,
How, like 5% of people that buy electronics actually turn in the warranty cards. No, they will sit on the shelf for years polluting the internet with DDOS attacks and spam.
>es it make sense to use exploitation to destroy as much as possible in order to pressure the developers to ship a secure product?
Yes. That is also why I backup data using multiple methods including off line ones.
Vigilante or blackhat doesn't matter. The next RCE will gladly spit copies of CryptoLocker everywhere if they could get ahold of it.
The internet is a dangerous and well connected place. If lived China, I would think it's funny if I wiped a few large US corporations off the map because they used a DLINK webcam. And there is only a tiny chance in hell they would ever find me.
How, like 5% of people that buy electronics actually turn in the warranty cards. No, they will sit on the shelf for years polluting the internet with DDOS attacks and spam.
>es it make sense to use exploitation to destroy as much as possible in order to pressure the developers to ship a secure product?
Yes. That is also why I backup data using multiple methods including off line ones.
Vigilante or blackhat doesn't matter. The next RCE will gladly spit copies of CryptoLocker everywhere if they could get ahold of it.
The internet is a dangerous and well connected place. If lived China, I would think it's funny if I wiped a few large US corporations off the map because they used a DLINK webcam. And there is only a tiny chance in hell they would ever find me.