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There will be good and bad IoT devices. At the moment there’s little way for a consumer to tell which is which - that you me is the biggest glaring omission. I
by taurath 6y ago
There will be good and bad IoT devices. At the moment there’s little way for a consumer to tell which is which - that you me is the biggest glaring omission. I wish we had branded security and privacy standards like “we don’t open unencrypted wifi access points”.
- praptak 6y agoThen there is the scenario of a good manufacturer being bought out by greedy assholes.
- nogabebop23 6y agoDoesn't this ignore the broader question of IoT devices for things like coffee makers in the first place? It seems like internet-enabled for the sake of it, which is cool in the "We built a java-based coffee maker monitor for the break room back in 1991" way, but kind of sad today. Product progressions in my lifetime: 1. Put a clock in it 2. Put a radio in it 3. Put a camera in it 4. Hook everything up to the internet
- lostlogin 6y agoBetween 2 and 3 there needs to be “put a screen on it”.