Last summer, I reviewed the Firewalla Blue, a small connected box that promised to help monitor and secure my smart home. I was very impressed by the device back then so when the company offered to loan me their new Firewalla Gold product, I jumped … [Read more...]
Just how secure is Home Assistant? (Hint: very)
On our most recent IoT Podcast, a listener with the same name as me called in asking about Home Assistant security. Specifically, he wanted to know how secure I thought it was and I'm super glad he asked. Why? Because as I've continued my DIY journey … [Read more...]
Where does your connected device data go? Firewalla tells you that and more.
If you’re reading this post, chances are you have one, if not several, IoT devices in your home. So how do you know that these connected devices are sending your data to the servers that you’d expect? The companies that make our video doorbells, … [Read more...]