Schneier: It's Time to Regulate IoT to Improve Cyber-Security

Re:Schneier: It's Time to Regulate IoT to Improve Cyber-Secu... by userbinator on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @10:13PM (#15710016)

Indeed, I have the feeling that all regulations will do is lead us down the slippery slope of regulating all software and computing devices, eventually creating the dystopia predicted by RMS in his famous story: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html

Or at least, an even more modest regulation, simply allowing all consumers to hack their own devices without fear of violating any laws.

More simply, they could make all reverse-engineering legal, but then the copyright/IP lobby would strongly oppose.

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Re:Schneier: It's Time to Regulate IoT to Improve Cyber-Secu... by jimktrains2 on Thursday November 16, 2017 @03:04AM (#15710914)

> Indeed, I have the feeling that all regulations will do is lead us down the slippery slope of regulating all software and computing devices, eventually creating the dystopia predicted by RMS in his famous story: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html

Unless said regulation was the ability to actually own your device and install your own firmware, doubly so once it becomes unsupported?

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