What If We Put Warnings on IoT Devices?

Re:What If We Put Warnings on IoT Devices? by seanmcdirmid on Friday October 13, 2017 @10:05AM (#15465758)

Everything connected to the internet is a potential security and privacy risk. If they had a law requiring warning labels, then all products would just have to have that warning, regardless of whatever good design was applied to it (which is subjective and hard to judge, especially in the legal sense).

But ya, take out the internet connection, and no more problems. Take out the battery and the risk of fire/explosion also goes away.

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Re:What If We Put Warnings on IoT Devices? by npsimons on Friday October 13, 2017 @10:34AM (#15466032)

> Everything connected to the internet is a potential security and privacy risk.

Yes, that's true. What I'm saying is that not everything needs to be connected to the Internet, and requiring things to be connected to function fully is stupid and anti-consumer. By requiring the label on things that don't essentially need an Internet connection, it would allow those of us discerning consumers to avoid the crappy products.

> But ya, take out the internet connection, and no more problems. Take out the battery and the risk of fire/explosion also goes away.

The fire/explosion risk doesn't go away (power bricks have been known to cause fires). And electricity is essential to electronic devices functioning; Internet connectivity is not.

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