Ayla Networks partners with Firedome for IoT security: Ayla Networks, which provides a platform for companies that want to build IoT devices, has teamed up with security provider Firedome to offer security on the device side and in the cloud for … [Read more...]
IoT gifts that don’t suck
This year, I wanted to avoid giving IoT gifts, partly because I hadn't tested as many products as I normally do and partly because I think everyone is pretty turned off by the potential for security risks and privacy encroachments. I have seen at … [Read more...]
Podcast: The IoT Holiday Gift Guide
This week Kevin and kick off the show on a serious note, pointing out that the U.S. is approaching China in terms of the number of people per every IP camera. We draw a line between that fact and the surveillance capabilities that Ring allows through … [Read more...]
Podcast: Nanoleaf Canvas review and a talk with Tuya
We kick off this week’s podcast with Kevin’s struggles to get his Google Home to talk to Wink. Then we unpack some of the standards news out from the ZigBee Alliance and the Open Connectivity Foundation, which is introducing OCF-over-Thread. From … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Oct. 18,2019
IoT devices will give a boost to PKI certificates: One of the popular ways to secure a connected device is to keep a secret identity stored on a secure portion of the chip and then check that identity against a certificate stored in the cloud. There … [Read more...]