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How three new ballot efforts in the U.S. make consumer privacy and IoT better

November 4, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

While many around the world are watching and waiting for the U.S. Presential election results, let's focus on three important ballot initiatives that passed. Two strengthen consumer privacy protections while another expands consumer access to data on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: AI, data, data rights, data security, facial recognition, laws, ML, privacy, right to repair

What happens when your smart home data is used against you?

August 28, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

By now, you’ve probably heard about China’s Social Credit scoring system. It combines facial recognition technology with all sorts of personal data to determine if you’re a good citizen. Jaywalk, for example, and you’ll be fined in under a minute, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: China, data, privacy, security, smart home, social credit, surveillance, webcams

Where does your connected device data go? Firewalla tells you that and more.

July 24, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 6 Comments

If you’re reading this post, chances are you have one, if not several, IoT devices in your home. So how do you know that these connected devices are sending your data to the servers that you’d expect? The companies that make our video doorbells, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: data, Firewalla, Google WiFi, mesh networking, network monitoring, privacy, reviews, smart home, VPN, Wi-Fi

IoT news of the week for May 31, 2019

May 31, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

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An inside look at device production and citizen tracking in China: There have been numerous news reports over the years detailing the hardships of building connected devices in China. And more recently, we’ve heard about China’s efforts to track … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Amazon, AutoGrid, Azure, China, data, google, Microsoft, Philips Hue, privacy, Schneider Electric, Signify, Silicon Labs, Tuya, zigbee

How Understory builds better weather insights

November 27, 2018 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

Weather data and insights is a huge business. IBM paid an estimated $2 billion for The Weather Company in 2015. In 2013, in the agriculture world, Monsanto purchased Climate Corporation for $930 million to get better weather data for crop insurance. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Startups Tagged With: data, ibm, Understory

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