US lawmakers balk at call for IoT security regulations

As CPT Jack Durish said, laws always lag behind technology. There is a bigger problem here in my mind than creating laws, how are they going to be enforced?

The Internet of Things is growing faster than anyone thought it would. Who would have thought a refrigerator would (or should) be connected to the Internet, but we have that. Smart TVs, thermostats, the list goes on and on.

Lets say there is a federal law that all IoT devices must pass NIST **XYZ level security, who is going to enforce it? People who are connected are not ;limiting their purchases to the brick and mortar stores on Main street, they are purchasing off the Internet from who knows where.

Here is an opportunity for Obama to create a IoT czar and have an army of inspectors, he could leave office after creating huge jobs program.

The law has always lagged behind technology. I suppose we'll just have to wait until enough tragedies have occurred for Congress to act. Sadly, they're too absorbed with raising money to be reelected to pay attention to hypothetical threats