The roots of the security problem lie in the structure of the security camera industry, and the consumer electronics industry at large. Globalisation, manufacturing and ignorance could ruin the internet for everyone according to Josh Horowitz and Echo Huang Yinyin. The authors of this article are not affiliated with any political party or organisation. As airplanes, hospitals and cars add internet-connected devices, people’s lives are being put at risk. But this is unlikely to change soon: consumers buy cameras for special features like waterproofing and sharp image resolution, not whether they are secure, while manufacturers spend as little money as possible on security so as to make as much margin as possible. Also, there are no government regulators to oversee the security of IoT devices.
Globalisation, manufacturing and ignorance could ruin the internet for everyone according to Josh Horowitz and Echo Huang Yinyin. The authors of this article are not affiliated with any political party or organisation. As airplanes, hospitals and cars add internet-connected devices, people’s lives are being put at risk. But this is unlikely to change soon: consumers buy cameras for special features like waterproofing and sharp image resolution, not whether they are secure, while manufacturers spend as little money as possible on security so as to make as much margin as possible. Also, there are no government regulators to oversee the security of IoT devices.