[iot-wg] "The Internet of Threats: Fighting FUD with MUD"

Good day,

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 9:15 PM Eliot Lear <lear at lear.ch> wrote:
> > The issue with smart homes, wearables etc. is that a contemporary
> > commodity IoT device is not connected to the Internet in order to
> > really provide a service to the customer.
>
> Huh?

Explained in the next sentence.

> > Instead, it collects,
> > processes and sends data and telemetry which is precious for its
> > vendor, which said vendor would then be able to sell.
> >
> You would not pay money for a device with such a purpose, much less let it on your network.

So is MUD being designed for me personally?

As for the rest of the customers, a majority of them will prefer an $9
vacuum cleaner instead of an $199 one with the same characteristics,
even if the former is streaming some data. They let Amazon Echo and
Samsung SmartTVs to be on their network. What else do you want me to
prove here?

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