Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I...
by SimingtonFCC on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @01:22PM
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I don't know about a mandatory update regulation -- one way or the other, that isn't on the table right now. I would love extensive discussion on the record, however, of the costs and benefits of requiring updates to get the label.
On the one hand, without updates, a world of IoT devices will inevitably get infected slowly and permanently (as long as they're physically active).
But on the other hand, with mandatory updates, a world of IoT devices can get infected all at once (in the case of a supply chain attack) and possibly just as permanently (if the attacker's payload can disable or re-route the update system)?
Do you think that prevailing security standards for IoT manufacturers are good enough that this balance falls in favor of a mandatory-update regulation?