This idea is pointless. A "code of ethics" is useless unless you have a way of enforcing it, because different people have entirely different ethical standards. IoT manufacturers do not care about security, they only care about selling you a cheaply-made device and making a profit, and enhancing security will merely reduce that profit. So unless you have some way of creating standards for security, and then forcing manufacturers to abide by these standards, then any talk of codes of ethics is a waste of time. These companies aren't going to change out of the goodness of their hearts, and consumers aren't going to research the security of these products before buying them (for 2 reasons: it's an afterthought to them, and they wouldn't know how to measure this anyway except for looking for reviews claiming that their device was hijacked into a botnet).
IoT needs to die.<p>The only function of IoT devices is to collect private information and intrude into our home to destroy the last bastion of privacy.<p>No, I am not against smart devices in our homes, quite contrary, but I believe that these should be not Internet connected.