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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by treyd on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @12:37PM (#37394267)
> 3.3 IoT should not accept inbound communication without authentication.

Ideally the user should have to specifically consent to inbound communication on an instance-by-instance basis, even from the manufacturer. There's many cases where forced updates are triggered that change/limit functionality unexpectedly. There's numerous anecdotes of people's devices being required to update to be used while they have some pressing need to use it.

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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by posix86 on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @08:22AM (#37404020)
That's not what regulation is for though. The marker will regulate companies making bad products. Regulation should only grip where the market doesn't.
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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by treyd on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @11:24PM (#37414400)
That's an overly rosy view of what markets are capable of self-regulating in a situation where network effects are very strong and it's difficult to stop being a customer once you are.
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