New mobile phones, refrigerators, children’s toys and a range of other Internet-connected consumer products sold in California will have to contain “reasonable security features” starting in 2020, under legislation signed Friday by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Senate Bill 327 and Assembly Bill 1906 do not dictate specific steps manufacturers must take to block hackers or shield owners’ personal information. Instead, the legislation says protections should be “appropriate to the nature and function of the device” and “appropriate to the information it may collect, contain, or transmit.”

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