Comments on: Beware of those ‘always connected’ devices https://ict-pulse.com/2013/08/beware-connected-devices/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beware-connected-devices&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beware-connected-devices Discussing ICT, telecommunications and technology Issues from a Caribbean perspective Fri, 23 Aug 2013 01:13:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sachin Ganpat https://ict-pulse.com/2013/08/beware-connected-devices/#comment-154354 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 01:13:50 +0000 http://www.ict-pulse.com/?p=29600#comment-154354 Quite right. IoT offers a lot of potential, from energy management to safer driving to my fridge telling me to change my water filter.

I don’t know if sensitation is enough as proliferation of email malware shows us. What we need is manufacturers to have security by default. So your baby monitor cannot access the network until it has been setup with a username and password. Small changes can make the difference.

And I hope you can share that paper. I looked for it but didn’t find it.

]]> By: monie https://ict-pulse.com/2013/08/beware-connected-devices/#comment-153974 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:30:26 +0000 http://www.ict-pulse.com/?p=29600#comment-153974 Informative article. I think people need to be sensitised on this issues as I think not many people are aware of or do not seriously the fact that these devices are connected. My colleague recently did a paper entitled “We find the fridge guilty”, it proved to be an enlightening one. The phenomena of the IoT is here to stay and we cant afford to not balance the convenience provided with protecting ourselves.

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