Internet of Things users need to become sysadmins, America's Federal Bureau of Investigation says.
That's a summary of the Feds' blog post, published this week, in which the agency's Beth Anne Steele wrote that Things are best deployed on their own network, with an off-switch.
Steele's post offered a checklist explaining how consumers can best secure their stuff, including a suggestion to: "Isolate 'IoT' devices on their own protected networks" – which means you'll want a firewall between your broadband modem and the switch that connects the devices.
The checklist might reach beyond the capabilities of the average IoT buyer, who just wants to swipe the phone app to control their lights (because the wall is so far away), but on its own, that's a point worth making. So here's the full list, with El Reg commentary.
"Change default usernames and passwords?" Brain shutting down. Too. Much. Techno-babble.
(Score: 2) by VanessaE on Saturday December 16 2017, @07:36AM (1 child)
No, you generally only have to buy auto insurance if you [co-]own or lease a roadworthy car, and in some jurisdictions, only if the car is actively used (so that old Buick sitting in the garage, that runs fine but hasn't been driven in years, may be exempt). Not sure how it works for rentals.
(Score: 2) by dry on Saturday December 16 2017, @08:50AM
Yea, that's basically how it is here (BC) excepting the plates are tied to insurance, the insurance has to cover the principle driver and as long as you are on private property the government don't care. Landlords and such can demand that you have storage insurance, which is cheap.