Britain now has IoT hardware standards that ban weak or easily guessable default passwords such as “admin” or “12345." Manufacturers are also required to publish contact details so users can report bugs.

  • @[email protected]
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    65 months ago

    Y’all probably just went “damn, it is way too easy to snoop on our own infrastructure” after checking personally.

    • @towerful
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      15 months ago

      UK gov can seriously cut back on their IT budget since mandating manufacturers make devices secure-by-default.

      Joking aside, this seems a sensible law