| The problem is that it's impossible to change the current behaviour of the browsers without breaking the whole internet. That just doesn't track, sorry. For one thing, plenty of sites would continue to work just fine if browsers (for example) wouldn't allow any JS to upload anything without the user's explicit consent. That would immediately solve a significant part of the problem, for a cost of one click the first time a user visits a site where they do want to allow it. For another thing, web developers respond plenty quick enough to new opportunities to exploit browser functionality. If the major browser developers told them where to go, they'd fix their broken sites plenty quickly too. IoT devices are really booming now, and everything is tracking us, our watches, refrigerators, thermostats, ... we can't just install a AdBlocker there. Maybe they're booming where you are. I've yet to see anyone, from my most gadget-obsessed geek friends to my least technical family members, actually use one, other than devices specifically made for some communications purpose or whose main/only function is to provide access to some remote service. Certainly I've yet to meet anyone who thought everyday household appliances like their fridge or thermostat needed to phone home to do their jobs. As for installing a blocker, I've already seen multiple places interested in implementing something that is essentially a privacy firewall for home devices and/or building a database of which devices try to communicate with which remote hosts for which purposes. If IoT really does outgrow the marketing hype, tools to limit its capabilities for privacy and security reasons will surely follow, maybe even at ISP level in the same way that a lot of spam no longer even reaches our junk folders. |