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They blocked Netflix, but no one’s in a rush to regulate insecure ‘smart devices’

November 23, 2016

Via: Mashable
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It seems the banal world of baby monitors and webcams is all it takes to bring down our most popular websites these days. So, what should we do about it? Well, we shouldn’t regulate — at least not yet, according to the Australian government.

At an address at the National Press Club in Canberra Wednesday, Minister Dan Tehan, who assists the prime minister with cyber security, said the government would regulate smart devices to ensure adequate security only as a “last resort.”

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