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SimingtonFCC

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SimingtonFCC··on Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of IoT security updates
Thanks! I am thrilled that so many people are participating. The FCC is going to need a lot of this community's input over the next few years as more and more devices go online.
SimingtonFCC··on Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of IoT security updates
Your point about buyers at scale is really important. The current effort is focused on sellers, but we think that if sellers have to define their security commitments, buyers will pay attention and their risk management people will insist on high standards.

I fear it is practically unenforceable, particularly for consumer-grade devices manufactured overseas

Also a good point. The way we handle this for RF interference is to look at distributors and importers, not just manufacturers, but there will probably always be an untrustworthy product tier out there.

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