She thinks she’s tech savvy because she’s setting up stuff that she doesn’t understand, obviously. Everyone I know who isn’t into tech stuff would ask for help with somwthing like that.

No, that is not how they work at all, nor is that the point of them. I have 3. They are for controlling smarthome stuff while at home mostly. And amazon shopping lol. All those same smart devices might be controllable when not home, but none of that is done through the echo.

I’m confused. You say that the excuse for consumer ignorance is not an excuse today, but then you say its okay to blame the user here?

Her problem is that she thinks she’s tech savvy, when clearly she is not. I certainly don’t think she is.

Yes, the “Get the fuck out of my house” line should be an internet classic in my opinion. Like its a demon that needs to be exorcised or something.

You see, when people don’t change the Default passwords, it doesn’t even take some creep perving. Its actually a fully automated process. See this website, which was setup as an informative site to show just how unsecure these things are:

Its a poor analogy because you don’t understand what “internet connected camera” really means. It should say “camera accessible from the internet”.

Its a device with a microphone that lets you access the internet. It is not a device that can be accessed by someone from outside your home network (with the exception of someone who works at Amazon, maybe).

Who the hell are you even replying to, because it couldn’t have possibly been me... I’ve been making that same argument the whole time, that people don’t know how to do any of this shit. Just because I say it is the user’s responsibility to secure their own shit, doesn’t mean I think 98% of people are capable of doing…

An Amazon Echo does not have a built-in external access port that makes it accessible to the outside world. An Amazon Echo is not considered an “IoT” device as far as I know. Things like Internet Security Cameras come with a built-in web interface for people to access it from the outside world. Hackers only need to…

Right, so the insecurity of IoT devices has been a known issue for some time, with your specific example of a “pre-hacking” coming from 2013.

Because with any device you purchase, its your responsibility to set it up securely, and always has been? Why would internet cameras be any different?

I mean, this might’ve been true in 1990, but in 2017? That’s some pretty aggressive ignorance to think that the INTERNET CONNECTED CAMERA you bought doesn’t involve risks due to the internet connection...

1. CHANGE THE DEFAULT PASSWORD, people!

I feel like this article is taking the wrong tone . . . almost playing into this woman’s ignorance and fear.

So you’re saying that we should only have laws about things that criminals will choose to obey, cause otherwise what’s the point? That’s the dumbest excuse for anything I’ve ever heard in my life.

Okay, then you’re one of the few people who’ve tried both and made your choice accordingly... That puts you firmly in the ‘not your average smartphone user’ category. Honestly, I’m not sure what your personal anecdotal experience has to do with what makes the masses choose their smartphone OS... Its not like this…

What does that have to do with Prequels?

I completely agree, I’ve never implied they are tech illiterate, but not exactly tech educated either. My point is that Apple’s real success was capturing the bigger majority of these people for their first mobile OS learning experience. iOS is not a inherently better OS the way people tend to proclaim.

Ha, again with the questions that don’t actually SAY anything.