Re:Airbnb's preferred smart lock vendor accidentally bricks ...
by jlgaddis on Monday August 14, 2017 @06:51PM
(#15013731)
Agreed. I don't see any major changes happening (WRT IoT insecurity) until there's regulation that requires it. The industry certainly isn't trying to solve this on their own (if they are, they're hiding it very well), they're only worried about getting to market as quickly and cheaply as possible.
I expect this to continue getting worse. At some point, hopefully, things will change and begin to improve. I think we'll see many more -- and worse -- incidents like this before that happens, though.
I wonder if a certification body (like UL) could work though. Probably is it is hard to boil "works good" down to a set of clear requirements.