Richard Chirgwin reports:
The FBI has decided that your Things are too risky to be allowed anywhere on the Internet.
Curiously, given that the Internet of Things is backed by some of the largest tech vendors in the world, the Bureau has also decided that responsibility for security – and for understanding the capability of hardware and software – should rest with the technological equivalent of Homer Simpson.
The FBI’s public service announcement, published on September 10 here, puts nearly all of the consumer protection responsibility on consumers.
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