Hopefully the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (PSTI) will put a secure fence around devices connected to and used by millions of less techie people. Let’s hope the government has had better advice (which they listen to) than the previous time they attempted to regulate the internet. IoT security …
Default Passwords – definitely not a good thing
The UK Government is introducing laws to fine manufacturers who use a single default password on their devices. The use of one default password – which a user is not forced to change – is a huge security risk to consumers if these are smart or IoT devices connected to …
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Amazon papers shows it’s efforts to block privacy laws
Big Tech caught again. The papers details the action Amazon has made and is making to impede privacy and consumer law – which has led to some US Members of Congress to call for Federal privacy laws. But to be honest this is not likely to happen!
No biometric scanning in public areas
These are the first steps being taken in the rest of Europe to limit the ability of governments, governmental agencies and organisations to biometrically scan their innocent citizens as they walk down the street. The European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveillance – Schneier on Security