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" Upon unboxing an IoT device and first power-on, require physical contact (via NFC?) with user's primary smartphone/wearable, and register the device with the
by kbart 10y ago
" Upon unboxing an IoT device and first power-on, require physical contact (via NFC?) with user's primary smartphone/wearable, and register the device with the user's third-party cloud account (i.e. Apple's iCloud/HomeKit)."
Sorry, you lost me here. The last thing we need right now is another database of users' personal information. Why every gadget should be attached to my personal phone?
"Only allow control of the IoT device from the smartphones/wearables that are signed into the user's iCloud/Google/Microsoft/etc. account."
No again. It's enough Google owns my phone and email, I don't want it to own my home. What happens when Google's algorithm decides to ban you for no apparent reason (there are plenty of such horror stories around)?
Tl;DR if that's the price to pay for IoT security, I'm resorting back to "dumb" devices or going to live in woods.
- Razengan 10y agoThat is sort of similar to how Apple's Continuity/Handoff/etc. currently works though, isn't it? Your iDevices, once registered on the same iCloud account, just talk to themselves, without needing to tell or ask Apple anything, other than just checking that you've signed into the same iCloud account.
- kbart 10y agoI don't use Apple products, so can't comment on how that works, but Apple is a rare company that owns it all: hardware, software, support, so the hardest part of any solution -- agreement of different parties -- disappears.