Cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier’s take and warning of the current state of the Internet, particularly IoT. While he is coming from a neutral position, some fear that people with agenda will use this to create regulations that restrict freedom and make the current situation worse.
As the chairman pointed out, there are now computers in everything. But I want to suggest another way of thinking about it in that everything is now a computer: This is not a phone. It’s a computer that makes phone calls. A refrigerator is a computer that keeps things cold. ATM machine is a computer with money inside. Your car is not a mechanical device with a computer. It’s a computer with four wheels and an engine… And this is the Internet of Things, and this is what caused the DDoS attack we’re talking about.
Source: Bruce Schneier: ‘The internet era of fun and games is over’