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Podcast: Resideo’s smart home strategy explained

August 1, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

We kick off this week's show with a new smart bed from Tempur-Pedic before immediately disagreeing about Google's use of gesture control in the upcoming Pixel 4. From there we talk about Amazon's Ring business and what makes us most uncomfortable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: alexa, Apple, Digital Ocean, FTC, google, Mike Nefkins, Nutanix, Pixel 4, Resideo, Ring, TempurPedic

Podcast: How Amazon treats your Alexa data

July 4, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week Kevin and I read and discuss the letter from Amazon responding to inquiries about how it keeps and handles data. We go in-depth because it's important to discuss the tradeoff between services and privacy. We also discuss a company leaking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: amazon alexa, BMW, d-link, Dell Technologies, FTC, google glass, HPE, Lutron, Microsoft Hololens, Olisto, Philips, RealWear, SmartThings, Tags Afero

Podcast: The Federal government takes on consumer privacy

November 15, 2018 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

We kick off this week with an in-depth discussion of the NTIA's suggestions for regulating consumer privacy in a digital era. It's a long discussion, but one worth having, and we welcome your thoughts as well. From there, we talk about botnets, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: alexa, Bitdefender, Cognizant, Denver, Digicert, Emily Silverman, FTC, google, IFTTT, intel, NTIA, View, Withings

Podcast: Meet the Digital Standard for IoT security and privacy

November 8, 2018 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

The battle for more secure IoT products will get its day in court now that a judge has rejected requests for summary judgment in a case pitting the FTC against D-Link. The agency called out D-Link for making insecure routers and cameras. Now, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: alexa, Andi Wilson Thompson, Bitdefender, Cognizant, d-link, FTC, Gemalto, google, IFTTT, Microsoft, Open Tehcnology Institute, Sierra Wireless, Softbank, sonos, The Digital Standard, View

The internet of things is becoming a surveillance tool

October 29, 2018 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

Whenever I'm away from home, in the morning I like to check in on my family by looking at the doorbell camera where I can see them leave for work and school. In the evening, I can generally tell if my daughter is upstairs in her room based on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, Chamberlain, FCC, FTC, GDPR, google, nest, Tesla

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