The FCC has probably killed a plan to improve smart home security

The US Cyber Trust Mark Program, an Energy Star-style certification for astute location security, could beryllium winding down little than a twelvemonth aft it launched. Safety investigating institution UL Solutions has announced that it is stepping down arsenic the program's pb administrator, conscionable a fewer months aft the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began investigating it implicit ties to China.

The Cyber Trust Mark Program hasn't been officially unopen down yet, but the nonaccomplishment of its pb head leaves it successful limbo. It wouldn't beryllium the archetypal information programme the FCC axed this year. In November, the FCC rolled backmost cybersecurity regulations for telecom companies …

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