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by smsm42 3534 days ago
The problem here is there's nearly zero incentive to do it right. I mean, ok, let's say the worst - somebody breaks in the box. For a regular person, worst thing somebody would get access to their DVR. As long as it keeps working as DVR, they couldn't care less. Yes, this DVR would also serve as botnet bot, but the owner doesn't care. It doesn't hurt them - except when Twitter goes down but they don't make the link between them not configuring the DVR properly and Twitter going down. Until we find a way to make the incentives work in right direction, nothing really would change...