[ardy42]

> As long as you trust your gov.... I think Japan is probably in better relations with its citizens than most countries...

I'd trust any democratic government doing a preventative security scan for vulnerable devices, over some hacker who's only out to exploit them for personal gain.

Most people have never patched their router nor even know how to. Someone needs to proactively inform that group that they're vulnerable, at scale, if we're even going to have a chance to solve a lot of network problems.

[johnisgood]

Why do we have to choose? Personally I don't trust either.

[gtirloni]

If you're competent enough to manage your digital security, you're fine (99% of the population isn't). If you're not, you're endangering the society you live in (by providing attackers with a device they can use). That's one way of looking at it.

[Thorrez]

You can't nicely ask the hacker not to do it. The hackers are constantly scanning the internet regardless of what you want.

[johnisgood]

Same goes for most Governments though.