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0 pointsptx3y ago0 comments

If people rely on the LEDs working correctly or if the controller has any kind of connection to another system (which could be leveraged by an attacker to penetrate deeper into the network) it seems to me that security and memory safety would still be important.

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fncslothouber3y ago

Not everything is or needs to be connected to the Internet.

There are plenty of things that are controlled by a micro controllers that do not have a network connection.

estebank3y ago

Not everything needs to be connected to the Internet, and not every micro controller is running a non-mission critical task.

A micro controller hitting a memory safety bug that causes the LEDs to present invalid output can have real world consequences. Even if the micro controller isn't directly actuating machinery, it might cause an operator to incorrectly act because they were mislead.

If the micro controller is running Christmas lights, it might be fine if it falls over, no one will die, but I would still call that a manufacturing defect.

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