Bruce Schneier: Public-service technologists are needed to tame the IoT

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The internet of things needs to be regulated and soon before it becomes even more of a tool to facilitate cyberattacks, and that means coming up with civic-minded technologists to help formulate government policies, security expert Bruce Schneier told an RSA Conference 2017 audience.

The problem is governments lack the technological expertise to understand the mindset of the makers of IoT devices and the markets in which they are sold.

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