Comment on Are ISPs responsible for bots having residential IPs or is this a user problem?
0x0@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Residential routers have crappy security 'cos no-one bothers to punish ISPs for crap security practices.
Also some free VPNs come at a malware cost.
You mention crappy security practices from the ISP but then mention the user's action (installing "free" VPNs). Why is the ISP on the hook for the user making terrible decisions?
What is the correct security practice in that instance? Fire the customer for being an idiot? Maybe just DENY IP ANY ANY on outbound traffic?
How do you protect somebody who's intent on running themselves off a cliff?
0x0@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I mention two separate issues.
ISPs are absolutely on the hook for forcing crap hardware onto (non technical) users.
Users are to blame for installing crapware.
Can you tell them apart now?
ISPs should be held liable from the crap they sell – they’d start taking security seriously.
As for users, depends on the motives, but educating them to the risks (and not in a you wouldn’t download a car way).