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California’s AG has the power to fix smart home camera ‘hacks’

December 17, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

Did you hear about the hackers who accessed peoples' Ring doorbell cameras and Ring cameras, and shouted at them? Just like the Nest camera hacks of a few months back, these hacks were a result of someone having access to the users' password and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Mozilla, nest, Ring, security

Mozilla’s holiday device list is a welcome signal for IoT

November 27, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

Mozilla'sĀ annual list of connected consumer devicesĀ that have poor security practices or the potential to royally invade your privacy is out, and this time I'm fully on board with the way the organization has designed its study. Based on user … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Ecobee, google, Mozilla, privacy, Whistle

Podcast: Goodbye Anki, hello connected pets

May 2, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week Kevin and I mourn the end of Anki, the company behind Kevin's beloved Vector robot. We also talk about the upcoming Google I/O, privacy expectations in apartments with connected devices and AT&T's nationwide NB-IoT network. From there … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: alexa, AT&T, google, IoT World, Kinship, Latch, Mars Petcare, Microsoft, Mozilla, NB-IoT, raspberry pi, Software AG

IoT news of the week for April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham 3 Comments

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Mozilla's Internet Health Report is out: There are fewer news stories this week because I got sucked into this mammoth report that covers everything from security and openness to privacy and AI. I'll be pulling some of the insights into a larger … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Amazon, August, Clear Ventures, google, MIT, Mozilla, Netatmo, Ring, RISC-V, SiFive, Vectra, Wyze

ThingsCon offers a new standard for IoT privacy and security

December 7, 2018 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

I've been writing a lot about privacy and security for IoT devices in the last few months (and frankly, in the last few years), and today's startup profile also hits that sweet spot. But instead of a company, I'm profiling a startup certification … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Consumer Reports, Mozilla, privacy, Snips, ThingsCon, Trustable Technology Mark, Vai Kai

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