[193624] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IoT security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Carl Byington)
Thu Feb 9 03:39:19 2017
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From: Carl Byington <carl@five-ten-sg.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <CAOZq8-j2X0TWEaKkO7q8YuAZ+p7hxNmmKCD6=TwnTEwh2RY0Cg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2017 18:03:16 -0800
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On Wed, 2017-02-08 at 08:30 -0800, Damian Menscher wrote:
> So here's a modest proposal: log in as root and brick the
> device.
I strongly suspect that when the problem gets bad *enough*, someone will
do exactly that. Yes, it is illegal in many places. Since when has the
fact that any particular act is illegal been sufficient to deter
*everyone*?
People still drive while drunk.
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