[Cryptography] Schneier's Internet Security Agency - bad idea because we don't know what it will do

[mok-kong shen]

Am 25.02.2017 um 23:52 schrieb Peter Todd:

> Introduce strict liability for distributors, manufacturers, and/or developers
> and this problem would go away. Of course, so would the IoT industry, but they
> were creating an unsafe product causing harm to others, so there's every reason
> why that industry (and individuals working in that industry) should be sued
> into the ground until they find ways of developing secure IoT devices that
> don't cause harm to others.

I doubt what you wrote is realistic. Analogy: A kitchen knife, which is
very useful for cooking but could also be used to kill persons under 
circumstances.

M. K. Shen