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For the life of me in my household nothing else than my computers will be connected to internet, not because I'm a security and privacy oriented person, but bec

by gkya 10y ago

For the life of me in my household nothing else than my computers will be connected to internet, not because I'm a security and privacy oriented person, but because it's essentially unnecessary. I think IoT is creepy futile tech living on hype, and it also vastly increases the attack surface of a house (i.e. an attacker can theoretically remotely inspect or damage it). But these comments, the sort I make now usually attract lots of downvotes and criticism becomes invisible. Especially common phenomenon with the IoT stories and Tesla ones, praise or go away.

krylon 10y ago
> I think IoT is creepy futile tech living on hype, and it also vastly increases the attack surface of a house (i.e. an attacker can theoretically remotely inspect or damage it). That is exactly what I have been thinking! A while ago I heard that some home automation systems allow locking/unlocking the doors remotely. My first thought was burglars were going to have a field day[1], but now I think more along the lines of ransomware - "If you really just want to go to bed, why not just pay the 100 Bitcoins?" [1] Especially if you consider that once they have owned your home automation they can monitor if you are at home.