&gt; I&#x27;m mostly okay with laws (whether they exist or not yet) that say that if your negligence or stupidity was the root cause, as a manufacturer of these goods, you are on the hook for a multiplier of damages.<p>Such laws won&#x27;t work, however, without a regulatory framework that ensures that -- for example -- click-through EULAs aren&#x27;t used to lock customers into sleazy &quot;binding arbitration&quot; agreements that sacrifice their rights in return for permission to use an appliance they bought in good faith.<p>It may be difficult for regulators to keep up with specific technologies, but <i>much tougher</i> consumer rights protection is <i>essential</i> in order to hold negligent manufacturers responsible, because it&#x27;s cheaper for the cowboy manufacturers to hire a lawyer to draft some dodgy contract boilerplate than it is for them to hire security experts and ship a safe product.