Kids 18 months on, kids' smart watches are STILL a privacy & security dumpster-fire, and a gift to stalkers everywhere Cory Doctorow
Business Vizio exec: we'd have to charge a premium on "dumb" TVs to make up for the money we'll lose by not spying on you Cory Doctorow
Business Whistleblower: Amazon Ring stores your doorbell and home video feeds unencrypted and grants broad "unfettered" access to them Cory Doctorow
videos Arizona realtor surprised to find Canadian "white hat" hacker talking to him through his smart doorbell Cory Doctorow
security A Trustmark for IoT: separating the Internet of Shit from the Internet of Things Cory Doctorow
health Insurance companies gouge on CPAP machines and consumables, use wireless modems to spy on your usage Cory Doctorow
security Consumer Reports finds that D-Link's home camera sends unencrypted video without unique passwords Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Internet of Shit watch: Honeywell server outage means "smart" thermostats are inaccessible Cory Doctorow
security Internet of Things security camera sends customers' video feed to someone else Cory Doctorow
books Schneier's "Click Here To Kill Everybody pervasive connected devices mean we REALLY can't afford shitty internet policy Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Vulnerabilities in smart electric plugs give attackers a staging point for scanning and attacking your whole network Cory Doctorow
security All versions of Openssh share a critical vulnerability, including embedded code that will never be updated Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Rolling robots 3D print a bridge, inching their way along the span as they lay it Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Insecure medical equipment protocols let attackers spoof diagnostic information Cory Doctorow
makers Karaoke casemod: it's surprisingly easy to hook up a karaoke machine's CRT to a Raspberry Pi Cory Doctorow
Business Half a billion IoT devices inside of businesses can be hacked through decade-old DNS rebinding attacks Cory Doctorow
