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IoT

Sweet talk and salutory reminders

The decision to shut down Revolv home hubs is inexcusable, but hardly surprising, and another good reason for caution when buying into IoT.

April 5, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

IoT: not the cosy Nest that you expected

A Nest Thermostat could save you a lot on your bills – by not working at all, thanks to a recent software update.

January 14, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

How CCTV cameras tried to break a large cloud service

Do you have any web-enabled CCTV cameras? If so, you might like to check that they have not […]

October 23, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Is there anyone here who hacks cars?

76% of the security vulnerabilities fixed in OS X 10.11.1 were discovered by security researchers outside Apple. Should we therefore ban such research?

October 23, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Five Catch-22s for IoT security

IoT systems have many challenges. Here are 5 which result in paradoxical security conflicts.

October 5, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Book review: Abusing the Internet of Things, Blackouts, Freakouts, and Stakeouts, Nitesh Dhanjani

A collection of excellent case studies of real IoT devices which had gaping holes in their security.

September 22, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

So would I buy or recommend a Nest or other smart device?

It is almost as if many smart devices are being sold in order to make us more vulnerable.

September 12, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Smart and secure: choosing IoT devices which shouldn’t compromise your home 5

Why it is best to use a ‘smart universe’ such as Nest or HomeKit.

September 11, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Smart and secure: choosing IoT devices which shouldn’t compromise your home 4

The point of greatest vulnerability is the remote support server. How can you tell whether that could be breached?

September 9, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Smart and secure: choosing IoT devices which shouldn’t compromise your home 3

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What security measures should apply to local communications, and those made by a device with the Internet?

September 7, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

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