Re: The Internet of Insecure Things
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:03 pm
What, no blame on the burglers?Crikey wrote:When I bought our home, the very first thing I did was contact a local, reputable locksmith and have all the locks re-keyed. If I had not done that, and somebody'd subsequently burgled the home, would that have been the seller's fault, for failing to re-key all the locks for me?
I'd be down for that, if it were possible. While we're at it why don't we implement world peace?Crikey wrote:Then maybe the end-users who cluelessly do such things should be made to pay?
You really haven't done many end-user installs then. at&t has been doing it for years:Crikey wrote:Really? LIke I wrote: Have been doing IT for about a quarter century. Install new network-enabled devices all the time. I've never seen this, yet.lonewolf wrote: All it takes is a sticker on the side of the device listing the default username and (unique to that device) password. WiFi routers have been doing it for years.
And back when I had FiOS (~8 years ago) the VZ-provided gateway made me set a non-weak password before the service could be activated.