Protect your ports! Honeywell finds USB malware is on the rise: According to a report from Honeywell analyzing the threats appearing on USB devices, such devices are hosting more trojans, worms, and other actively malicious malware than they were a … [Read more...]
Podcast: How to build your own IoT device
This week on the show, Kevin and I start with a potential privacy bill in the Senate related to COVID-19 track and trace and then discuss the challenges legislation and Bluetooth track-trace efforts will face. We then talk about a possible … [Read more...]
Podcast: Google explains itself and new Wyze gear!
Wyze makes some of the most reasonably-priced smart-home gear on the market and said earlier this month that it was planning a smorgasbord of new products, which Kevin and I detail in this episode. We then cover low-power wide-area networks with news … [Read more...]
Podcast: What Google killing Works with Nest means
This week's show is a long one, thanks to both Google I/O and Microsoft Build happening this week. We kick off with news from I/O about local processing and gesture controls before digging deep into what it means that Google is killing its Works with … [Read more...]
How Twilio, Amazon, and AT&T may save the internet of things
Six years into the frenzy that is the internet of things, a big business problem has emerged. Most connected devices require some kind of ongoing maintenance and fees associated with good security, software updates, and cloud costs. In cases where a … [Read more...]