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This whole IoT craze is turning into a nightmare. People are building all kinds of devices in complete ignorance of Security.



Just let them. The sooner people realize that buying a cheap $35 smart watch, or embedding the cheapest Android tablets into walls, or turning off your heating completely after the battery in your smart thermostat dies... the sooner we'll be in a place where the security of IoT is actually considered, not only as important, but as crucial. Then, we can have nice things.


Maybe we'll end up with a standard certification equivalent to UL or the green padlock next to the URL. Probably about 5 years in the future.




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