Re: Spitballing IoT Security

2016-10-28 Thread Jim Hickstein
On 10/27/16 22:59, b...@theworld.com wrote: What would the manufacturers' response be if this virus had instead just shut down, possibly in some cases physically damaged the devices or otherwise caused them to cease functioning ever again (wiped all their software or broke their bootability), rat

Re: Spitballing IoT Security

2016-10-30 Thread Jim Hickstein
On 10/30/16 06:35, Rich Kulawiec wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 12:07:17AM -0500, Jim Hickstein wrote: A virus that kills its host (too much of the time) is not successful. True. On the other hand: "Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. The