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by alias_neo 2679 days ago
Sure, it's one rule for them, and another for everyone else.

But, lets be reasonable for a second, Japan is concerned that if people's networks aren't secured before the Olympic games, these vulnerable devices will be used to disrupt systems by outside attackers and potentially costing the country significantly.

It's well known that IoT devices on the market are poorly implemented and poorly secured and rarely-to-never updated by the manufacturer.