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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by Finnucane on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @02:10PM (#37395571)
Which the manufacturers of IoT devices will give us willingly out of the goodness of their hearts?
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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by landemva on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @02:23PM (#37395734)
Yet government is made of people so it does not have God-like powers, even though it is often worshipped.

I would prefer to plug in a box that does this segment/filter. I will pay if it can be rebuilt from available source code. Make it easy to install and setup. If nobody purchases then nobody cares and why would government get involved? Seems like FCC scope creep.

Forcing every IoT vendor to do it overlooks the problem of each vendor having and maintaining the skillsets.

How about something like UL to create a slim standard and test against that standard. The aforementioned box idea could apply to be tested against the standard.

https://www.ul.com

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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by andybak on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @04:01PM (#37396982)
> Yet government is made of people so it does not have God-like powers, even though it is often worshipped.

A slightly bizarre aside.

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