Britain now has IoT hardware standards that ban weak or easily guessable default passwords such as “admin” or “12345." Manufacturers are also required to publish contact details so users can report bugs.

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    7 months ago

    UK gov can seriously cut back on their IT budget since mandating manufacturers make devices secure-by-default.

    Joking aside, this seems a sensible law