Secure IoTs? Depends on what you mean by that. Standards like Z-Wave and Zigbee are already somewhat safer from remote tampering than WiFi-enabled devices since they operate on their own network. Hacking into them remotely or making them send data to a 3rd party involves hacking the central controller (if that controller even is connected to the Internet, though it often is). Certainly possible but it's a considerable extra hurdle. The networks themselves are fairly easy to hack, though the new version
The real problem with the IoT is that everyone and their brother is trying to be the One True Provider of All Home Automation, and they want to do it in the cloud so they can charge you for integrating with everyone else's clouds. Nest has the whole Nest-Certified thing, running in the cloud. Samsung has the Samsung Smart Home, running your washers, dryers, and air conditioners in their cloud. AssureLink will happily run your garage door openers in their cloud. Honeywell has their thermostat system, in
We (OpenTRV) are building IoT devices that are decentralised and will work (well) without an Internet connection, smartphone or hideously complex instruction manual.
Some of our target users don't have Internet connections or smartphones, for a start.
Our devices can be connected up beyond a local hub (eg to control your heating better) if you wish, but making it possible to do without makes them inherently safer and more reliable IMHO.
Yes, we're keen on OpenHAB integration, but Open Energy Monitor and MQTT and a few other things are on their way first.
Too late (Score:5, Insightful)
The convenience is worth the risk. The dumb-ass majority has spoken.
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Fair point. But did they have any other options?
Are there secure IoTs?
Maybe, just maybe, the developers/manufacturers are at some fault.
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The real problem with the IoT is that everyone and their brother is trying to be the One True Provider of All Home Automation, and they want to do it in the cloud so they can charge you for integrating with everyone else's clouds. Nest has the whole Nest-Certified thing, running in the cloud. Samsung has the Samsung Smart Home, running your washers, dryers, and air conditioners in their cloud. AssureLink will happily run your garage door openers in their cloud. Honeywell has their thermostat system, in
Re:Too late (Score:2)
We (OpenTRV) are building IoT devices that are decentralised and will work (well) without an Internet connection, smartphone or hideously complex instruction manual.
Some of our target users don't have Internet connections or smartphones, for a start.
Our devices can be connected up beyond a local hub (eg to control your heating better) if you wish, but making it possible to do without makes them inherently safer and more reliable IMHO.
Yes, we're keen on OpenHAB integration, but Open Energy Monitor and MQTT and a few other things are on their way first.
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