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.

  • Zip2
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    6 months ago

    Wow, this doesn’t sound like us at all. Unless it’s bundled in with a requirement to add a back door for snooping to bypass encryption.

    • Shiggles@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

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

      • towerful@programming.dev
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        6 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