This week's show kicks off with our hopes for privacy in the wake of President Biden calling out tech firms during his State of The Union address. Biden was focused more on targeted ads and protecting children, but children's' data gets swept up in … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Dec. 16, 2022
The GAO wants better IoT and OT security audits: In a report issued at the beginning of this month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued an 80-page report that recommends federal agencies actually assess how well they are following the … [Read more...]
Podcast: We question Nova Labs’ 5G deal
Nova Labs, the company behind the decentralized Helium IoT network, has acquired FreedomFi, a company trying to build a decentralized 5G network. Kevin and I share our doubts about the value of a decentralized 5G network and question how this might … [Read more...]
Industrial software is a prominent target. What should we do?
In the run-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we were starting to hear a lot more about vulnerabilities in our industrial controls systems along with the need to secure our infrastructure from cyberattacks. Immediately after the war began, the … [Read more...]
Podcast: Speed queens and Matter dreams
A week after the CSA said that the Matter smart home interoperability standard would be delayed we get a chance to talk about why the standard is delayed until fall, and what it means for consumers and smart home device makers. We then share Omdia … [Read more...]