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Today the web was broken by countless hacked devices – your 60-second summary

Charles 9

Re: Too simple solution?

"Stupid is the problem. If the punter is too stupid it has to be their problem rather someone else's. I'm a biologist by training. I see no problem in applying Darwinian selection to the IoT.

How about "Here's your device, there's the password. We have no copy of it. Looking after it is your responsibility.""

Problem is, Darwinism doesn't jive well with civilized society since it smacks of throwing people to the wolves. Thus attitudes about capital punishment, eugenics, and unwilling euthanasia in its various forms (illness, population, age limits, whatever). There's a reason "Social Darwinism" is considered a dirty word.

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