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Rather than each individual company cobbling together systems like this with massive security/ privacy/ ... issues, it might be better to establish an Internet
by f_allwein 10y ago
Rather than each individual company cobbling together systems like this with massive security/ privacy/ ... issues, it might be better to establish an Internet of Things operating system, no? That way, some common standards could be established and one company/ organisation would be in charge of patching things.
- ginko 10y agoARM is trying to do just that with their m:bed platform.
- pjc50 10y ago> one company/ organisation would be in charge of patching things That company would also be the one that gets all the surveillance data and would be the one that gets to make all of the money. This is part of the problem of IOT: lock-in is critical to the business model.
- f_allwein 10y agoSo let's say Amazon comes up with an IoT operating system. Then the question is: do you want a cat feeder/ home security system/ teleporter that is made by Amazon, according to their standards of quality and reliability, or one made by a random company you've never heard of? Then it comes down to privacy and who gets to use what data. I.e. Amazon would have a motivation to use your data sparingly (otherwise nobody would use the system). Or it could even be a freemium model, where you pay in exchange for not giving access to your data. Many questions to sort out.
- pjc50 10y agoAmazon are one of the few companies that could make this work, as an extension of AWS, and people suspect the 'Dash' button is an initial foray into the space. However all their Kindle Fire incompatible Android systems haven't exactly been a roaring success.