Will the new FTC be less into privacy? The new members of the Federal Trade Commission are more experienced with antitrust than with privacy enforcement, which is making attorneys who monitor the agency concerned that those members will be less … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Nov. 3, 2017
Ayla raises $60 million: The seven-year-old platform as a service company, which helps businesses bring their devices online, has raised $60 million in funding from Sunsea Telecommunications Co. Ltd. and Run Liang Tai Fund. The money wasn't needed … [Read more...]
Tech law is taking over your your home and garage
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...]