It follows a product recall from the Chinese electronics firm Hangzhou after its web cameras were used in a massive web attack last week.
The attack knocked out sites such as Reddit, Twitter, Paypal and Spotify.
The Chinese government blamed customers for not changing their passwords.
Its legal warning was added to an online statement from the company Xiongmai, in which the firm said that it would recall products, mainly webcams, following the attack but denied that its devices made up the majority of the botnet used to launch it.
You will like Chinese products, or else.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Thursday October 27 2016, @11:43PM
I don't think smartphones count as IOT devices. As for the rest of your comment...you left out lots of possibilities. Washers, refrigerators, and TVs are ones that I've heard of recently. I think someone mentioned air conditioners a month or so back. Basically anything that uses electric power is a possible vector, but things like computers and smartphones, where the communication is essential to the purpose, don't really count as IOT devices.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 28 2016, @12:15AM
When you think about how easy it is for any government to get into them while online and crack their security.
Hint: If you haven't powered them off they are susceptable to attack, airplane mode or not.
(Score: 1) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Friday October 28 2016, @12:47AM
I think you should be reasonably safe from remote attack if you disable both radios.
Modern smart-phones have plenty of storage to record audio and upload later though.