Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
And the thing is "public danger" is a sliding scale.. What about unsecure web cameras that allow people to hack into them and invade your family's privacy? Services that are setup and then hijacked to deliver malware to tons of people? IoT devices that are easily used in botnets because they're so poorly designed and easy to hack?
|
That's a very good point. Which is why such devices should be designed and certified by professional electrical engineers specializing in electronics. What many forget or ignore is the aspect of standards of practice governing the engineering profession. Being technically capable of putting something together is only one component of the practice.
__________________
"An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think." Georg Hegel
“To generalize is to be an idiot.” William Blake
|