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Re:Schneier: It's Time to Regulate IoT to Improve Cyber-Secu... by Asdfbla on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @06:00PM (#15708817)
You're right that they should be liable, but pragmatically it's maybe too much of a risk for smaller companies to face some potentially frivolous lawsuit for millions of damages supposedly caused by a ddos originating from some of their devices or something.

Surely the right idea in principle, though. I'm just not sure how realistic is it to implement in a smart manner.

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Re:Schneier: It's Time to Regulate IoT to Improve Cyber-Secu... by bcg1 on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @06:15PM (#15708938)
That's what the insurance industry is for. Just make the companies liable, and they will seek insurance. Insurance companies will force them to take reasonable measures in order to carry a policy. Nothing new under the sun.
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