Regulating the Internet of Things

Bruce Schneier has a speech about precisely this issue, and my post above comes from that speech. He says that in the past, the emerging of multiple new technologies have yielded in government agencies being founded who care about safety and security with regards to that technology. Think of the NHTSA, NRC, FDA, etc. His speech is on youtube if you prefer to listen to, but also on his website if you prefer reading it. You really should check it out, its great! Yes of course, seatbelts and airbags are very obvious safety measures, as well as airbags, but modern cars have to conform with far more things than just those. All the lawmakers have to do is to establish such an agency and giv…