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by nanodano
3132 days ago
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I would rather see independent (private) solutions before inviting a bunch of bureaucratic red tape to manufacturers. For example, someone could create a company that issued certificates of security. Manufacturers would pay a small fee to these companies to perform security tests and give them a certificate of security. They can put that label on their products to provide confidence to consumers. Some products may warrant a much higher level of scrutiny than others so there could be different levels or different companies that offer it. I think people will naturally choose the products that are 'certified' over the ones that aren't, and manufacturers will have to end up doing it to stay competitive. |
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USB Type-C can deliver enough power to seriously damage your $1000 MacBook if the cable/adapter is designed poorly. There is a certification process, but most products on the market are still below-par. Below I will link a list. Guess what, those "bad" products are still bought en masse.
This week, I discovered that pretty much all the water filters that are popular for the type I'm looking for aren't even certified to filter out harmful materials. NSF 53 certification exists, but it looks like the market didn't do any research into it and trusted NSF 42, which was touted but is a much less strict standard, filtering out odor and taste (important in its own way). Theoretically, these filters could be passing on lead and asbestos.
Your solution _might_ work for a _part_ of the market, but it is almost guaranteed that there will still exist a significant (if not majority) part of the market, that doesn't care about certification/prefers the cheaper product.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vnpEXfo2HCGADdd9G2x9...