Comment on No more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UK
Zikeji@programming.dev 6 months agoThe law is for devices that come out of the box with a weak default. Like buying a wifi hotspot where the default is “admin123” would be bad. The default being random and printed on a label in the device is probably what this is aiming to usher in.
metaStatic@kbin.social 6 months ago
it's been a very long time since I've seen a default that wasn't random or a unique pass phrase