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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and major consumer technology players on Tuesday launched an effort to put a nationwide cybersecurity certification and labeling program in place to help consumers choose smart devices that are less vulnerable to hacking.

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[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure what the requirements are to qualify for the "U.S. Cyber Trust Mark" is, and I can't find any actual requirements, so I'm not going to get my hopes up just yet. I like that they'll have a qr code to get updated security info, but I didn't see if that includes a software bill of sale which should hopefully be a requirement for that.

Given how quickly things change, and the prevalence of software supply chain attacks, it's hard to know how this will be something people can trust.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

If they end up certifying one of those phone-home cloud-enabled Nest cams or similar, then you can be sure it's worthless.

[–] jimbolauski@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

My spidy sense is tingling, all government certified safe devices will have government certified back doors. I have no trust that our government will do anything altruistic.