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by mschuster91 673 days ago
> Of course a company that skimped to the point of total neglect on software security would never skimp anywhere else, right? Right?

At least in Europe, product safety organizations and regulatory agencies have taken up work to identify issues with stuff violating electrical codes (e.g. [1] [2]) and getting it recalled/pulled off the market.

Sadly there is no equivalent on the software side - it's easy enough to verify if a product meets electrical codes, but almost impossible to check firmware even if you have the full source code.

[1] https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilung...

[2] https://www.t-online.de/heim-garten/aktuelles/id_100212010/s...