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A comment on Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of IoT security updates. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by dtaht on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @01:52PM (#37395336)
We have worked very hard in the OpenWrt and Linux projects to make it easy to update them in the field. Linux distros, android, apple, openwrt, etc have this facility built in now. IoT should also.
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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by i_am_jl on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @03:45PM (#37396804)
Devices should have the ability to run whatever software the user chooses. My point is that simply allowing this isn't enough to ensure those devices are secure.
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