Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of IoT security updates

Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by fragmede on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @09:14PM (#37400174)

It sounds like you're looking for a carve out so you don't have to upgrade your devices to have a modern microcontroller that supports remote updates and are using saltwater as a scary thing so no one challenges you on it.

You can conformal coat a ESP32 with a sensor and battery and a wireless charger, and get remote updating. If hobbyists are doing that without commercial backing, what industry experts like you have access to must be even better.

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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by MichaelZuo on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @10:00PM (#37400545)

You appear to be under a lot of mistaken assumptions.

And in any case, the default ideal is to have an option to update or reprogram devices in-person.

It's never an ideal, that I've ever seen expressed on HN, to have a remote actor capable of doing so, unless in a totally air gapped environment.

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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by fragmede on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @06:24AM (#37403277)

I'm interested in learning! what are those mistaken assumptions?

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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by beambot on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @04:39AM (#37402691)

Wouldn't a Starlink satellite qualify as an IOT edge device? How do you propose a user-servicable physical switch on a device in LEO?

Not all devices have easy or cost-effective physical access -- that's why IOT is particularly effective at bridging the digital-physical divide.

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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by fragmede on Saturday September 16, 2023 @03:11PM (#37537722)

Having a category for inaccessible things in LEO doesn't indict my point that things not in LEO are typically accessible.

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