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So the customer throws away every networked device in their home (because they have no idea which one got them banned) and buys new ones from different vendors... which are also insecure and result in their ISP banning them again? And ISP bills go up to cover the massive security scanning infrastructure needed?


> So the customer throws away every networked device in their home (because they have no idea which one got them banned)

If a breaker in your kitchen trips do you throw out every single appliance? If your water bill is high do you replace every single sink and toilet?

> and buys new ones from different vendors... which are also insecure

Maybe after getting burned by purchasing insecure unsupported devices they find out what vendors support their products and don't ship devices with unfixable backdoors before buying new ones?

> And ISP bills go up to cover the massive security scanning infrastructure needed?

A bunch of $30 cameras can scan and infect the entire internet, what makes you think the infrastructure needed to find these devices is massive?

ISPs already have everything they need to find out which of their customers are compromised, they just don't give a shit.


and where is the downside?




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