In message <11718.1477517...@segfault.tristatelogic.com>, "Ronald F. Guilmette" writes: > In short, if sensible regulations requiring "safe" designs for IoT products > were to come into force in one locale, it is not only possible, but > actually quite likely that they would affect the whole market. If a given > Far East manufacturer was required to have safety built into the kernel > of its toasters in order to be able to sell said toasters, say, in the > United States... or even just in California... would they really go to > the trouble to strip out the additional "safety" part of their firmware > when manufacturing what is essentially the same product, but destined > for other markets? I think not. (A question for the audience: How has > FCC regulation of the maximum power output of WiFi routers affected the > worldwide market for such devices, over time? I honestly don't know, but > I suspect that there has been a good effect, over time, on the whole > worldwide market.)
FCC regulation has caused manufactures to do a US version and a rest of the world version. They have over regulated. A simple list for location should be enough with default on unknown which leaves Wifi off until set. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
