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		fiddlerwoaroof on July 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New ‘Meow’ attack has deleted almost 4k unsecured ... IoT is unlikely to be affected, unless the device goes out of its way to expose its database via upnp

whoisthemachine on July 26, 2020 [–]

This is my thought - why would an IoT device expose a database publicly? And if so, shouldn't the companies producing those devices not be following such bad practices? Maybe the consumer who bought such a device should go to the manufacturer and complain about being sold an inherently insecure device.

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