[iot-discussion] What role does the SP play in protecting consumers re IoT?

> On Apr 12, 2017, at 13:55, Eliot Lear <lear at lear.ch> wrote:
> 
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>> C. Make it much more clear in the various pan european legislations that an ISP do have the ability to cut off customers from which bad packets come from. Today ISPs should forward packets but also protect the network (handwaving, handwaving). I do not see ISPs be afraid of cutting customers off, and the main reason for not doing it has to do with increased support cost (why would an ISP invest money in helping a customer they already do not make money on configuring their toothbrush correctly?).
> 
> That's why I asked my first question as I did: what can ISPs do to
> facilitate the RIGHT thing happening?  Cutting people off is the most
> extreme form of answer.  Surely there is more that can be done before
> that point.

From my point of view ISP has the right to disconnect client that cause harm by some device. But big enough ISP can made rating list of devices
on their site. It is almost impossible that top devices from rating can cause problems in the net. The further from top device (manufacturer, class of devices
from manufacturer) is the greater possibility of problems caused by device. Some big ISP can start to keep such list. Other can join later. Every line in the
list can contain link to list of possible problems from this device. If list will become popular than manufacturer will try to keep higher place in the list. They
can do it by creating better software for devices. It is not list of better devices but it is list of safer devices and this list can affect on the device selling and
this can bring us to safer devices.

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> Eliot
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