"That, right there, is a damning indictment not only of our industry but also of our culture."
Who is "our culture"?
Are you part of the same "our culture" as the people who made and shipped these things?
Since you're pretty much rhetorically constrained to answer "yes"... would those people agree with the answer you give?
The culture I am actually part of is not perfect, certainly. The people who are in my culture still write the simplest cross-site-scripting attacks like they get paid bonuses for them. But the vast bulk of the people involved in the production of the hardware that the Mirai botnet took over would probably not agree that I am in "their culture", regardless of what I claim about it, and they'd probably feel the same way about you is my guess.
Even if "we" do everything you would suggest, perfectly, Mirai still happens. Therefore, those suggestions can't be the solution. We must still address these problems via other mechanisms.
Who is "our culture"?
Are you part of the same "our culture" as the people who made and shipped these things?
Since you're pretty much rhetorically constrained to answer "yes"... would those people agree with the answer you give?
The culture I am actually part of is not perfect, certainly. The people who are in my culture still write the simplest cross-site-scripting attacks like they get paid bonuses for them. But the vast bulk of the people involved in the production of the hardware that the Mirai botnet took over would probably not agree that I am in "their culture", regardless of what I claim about it, and they'd probably feel the same way about you is my guess.
Even if "we" do everything you would suggest, perfectly, Mirai still happens. Therefore, those suggestions can't be the solution. We must still address these problems via other mechanisms.