alt Hacker News> Network-connected devices seem near universally fucked at this point?
I have proposed on HN many times that any device that is updateable have a hardware switch to disable it. Nobody agrees with me - but apparently any device that is remotely updateable is vulnerable.
And no, not a programmable switch. A hardware switch.
They used to put them on hard drives. Great, so your backup drive doesn't get accidentally overwritten. Sigh, no longer.
Give it time.
The industry is also still refusing to learn that the dependabot model of instant dependency bumps by now is a hazard, given that supply chain attacks are usually more likely than missing out on security fixes.
I like your idea