[191917] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Legislative proposal sent to my Congressman
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lyndon Nerenberg)
Mon Oct 3 21:15:20 2016
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From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 18:15:09 -0700
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> On Oct 3, 2016, at 5:39 PM, Jay R. Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> wrote:
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> You're not familiar with CPSC mandatory recalls, are you?
I'm not sure how you could make the case that a compromised DVR, e.g., =
directly creates a risk of physical injury to a person. Without that, I =
don't see how the CPSA would apply.
But even if a mandatory recall was made under some law, how many of =
those devices do you think would be returned/exchanged, realistically. =
And what percentage of those devices would fall under the jurisdiction =
of any one country's laws?
The only way to stop this sort of thing once and for all is to make it =
punitively costly to the humans at the helm of the corporations selling =
this crap in the first place. Under corporate law, this almost always =
means the directors. Only when they start losing their =
homes/yachts/Jaguars, or start spending some quality time in jail, will =
this problem go away.
Of course, this does require governments to grow some balls :-P
--lyndon
