• @[email protected]OP
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    8 months ago

    How they know what password we use in our device ? Do they scan our device without our permission ?

    • @[email protected]
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      238 months ago

      The law is for devices that come out of the box with a weak default. Like buying a wifi hotspot where the default is “admin123” would be bad. The default being random and printed on a label in the device is probably what this is aiming to usher in.

    • @TheGrandNagus
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      158 months ago

      Did you really just share an article without actually reading it?

    • @[email protected]
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      138 months ago

      It’s for manufacturer passwords, not ones set by users.

      The legislation is to help regulate the manufacturers of IoT devices, not the users themselves.

    • Th4tGuyII
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      8 months ago

      From what I see on the article, it looks like it mostly applies to manufacturer set passwords - though it does look like the devices are now required to prompt the user if they try to set a weak or common password (though I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t prompted)