The smart home tech inside your home is less secure than you think, new Northeastern research finds.::A team of researchers discovered vulnerabilities in smart home devices made by big technology companies like Google.
The S in
IoTis for SecurityThis perfectly encompasses the situation.
So… am I secured if I buy more than 1?
Yes but only during the full moon can Sailor Moon really keep you safe. Also, only when it’s still in the box.
Idk, that seems exactly as secure as I thought.
If you care about this, but still want smart home tech, look into Home Assistant and use local-only devices.
Joke’s on you: I don’t think it’s secure and I don’t have any!
Yeah, no shit, that’s why I don’t use smart tech
A-fucking-men. My computer and phone are the smartest things in my apartment, myself included lol
I don’t trust any company to care about customer privacy/security. It’s not profitable so why should I ever expect a company to actually spend money on an “extra.”
no because its not in my home. good luck hacking my mechanical thermostat.
Some skinny dude in a Guy Fawkes mask sneaks in through the dog door and turns up the heat while you’re at work
Where’d my kid get a Guy Fawkes mask?
Seriously, though, who cranks the thermostat to 30 and walks out the door?
The guy wearing a guy Fawkes mask. Didn’t you listen?
86F for my fellow Americans.
Thanks for not just assuming I keep my house below freezing!
Point taken. But I don’t go anywhere for work lol
Oh no, my good sir, not while you go into work.
While you’re at work. If you’re WFH, you could be staring at the door, that person is coming through the dog door anyway.
Mr. Doggy Man is going to get a stern lecture I can tell you
I can assure you, it is not.
It’s as insecure as it appears to be…like I expected.
I just love when developers are so close to a project that they forget to even explain what the thing is. I see this all the time with interesting projects like this.
What is it? Some kind of network device?
Looks like it’s a zigbee network device that is privacy forward, or something.
Hypponen’s Law: If It’s Smart, It’s Vulnerable
I’m not overly convinced that anyone would be able to abuse any of my ghetto diy smart home gadgets
“who shut my tv off?!”
I know how insecure it is. Its always talking about how it feels sidelined and its feeling are hurt when I throw it in the trash.
Sometimes it’s smart to be stupid…or I guess not smart with everything.
The vast majority of this stuff should be called “dumb devices”, as in “dumb terminal”.
Sometimes it’s smart to be “stupid.”
