Manufacturers are building software and connectivity into your car, your oven and even your sex toys. As they do, devices that were once considered assets, boring or intensely private are falling under a different set of rules and regulations than … [Read more...]
News of the Week August 18, 2017
Here's a new worry for manufacturing: Have you thought about hacked 3-D printers? I hadn't either, but researchers at Rutgers and Georgia Tech did because they realized that inserting flaws into 3-D printed parts could be a good way to sabotage … [Read more...]
The Senate’s IoT security bill won’t do much, but here’s what could make an impact
Let's talk about toys. Technically, we're going to talk about toys as a smarter path to thinking about regulating IoT device security, but I promise there will be teddy bears. This week four Senators introduced a bipartisan bill to regulate the … [Read more...]
Internet of Things News of the Week, June 9 2017
Here's a summary of interesting analysis and news about the Internet of Things from the past week. Get this summary in your inbox every Friday when you subscribe. Worrisome news on the NB-IoT and LTE-M front: The cellular carriers have been … [Read more...]
The smart home is spying on you
When everything is connected, all kinds of data will be collected. That's the nature of a connected product. It can even be a benefit. But as a settlement this week between the Federal Trade Commission and smart TV maker Vizio details, a lack of … [Read more...]