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Presumably smart-device companies. I think the main offering here is the secure communications API. Companies who know how to build interesting hardware often a
by gamegoblin 11y ago
Presumably smart-device companies. I think the main offering here is the secure communications API. Companies who know how to build interesting hardware often aren't security experts.
Wifi connected televisions, for example, are often very poorly secured. Of course, it's not the end of the world if someone powers off your TV remotely or changes the channel.
But with internet connected devices becoming commonplace (the example they use on the page is a thermostat), security becomes more and more important. I would rather not have a hacker set my thermostat to 30C (85F) while I'm on a winter vacation. Or turn my stove on. Etc.
- brianpan 11y ago> Or turn my stove on. Can we step out of the technology bubble for a minute and agree that not everything needs to be connected and controllable?
- gamegoblin 11y agoI think there's a bright future for smart cooking appliances. Cinder (https://cindercooks.com/ https://cindercooks.com/) has made its way around HN a few times, and I'm pretty excited about it. It's not even that it needs to be controllable from my smartphone, but I think it'd be cool to put some cookie dough into the oven, tell the oven "cook these so that they are just slightly crisp on the outside but gooey on the inside", and the oven would have sensors and the temperature control mechanisms to do this, then notify me when it's time to take my cookies out. It makes sense for such a device to be able to download updates (new functionality, recipes, retuning algorithms, etc) from the internet.
- brianpan 11y agoIf microwave "innovation" is any indication, this will result in ovens crammed with non-feature features and horrible UI/UX.