Publication of Digital Key Release 1.0 specification is announced
O tempora o mores. Remember when a "phone" was perceived as a device for incoming and outgoing calls? Now the call function is so by-the-way.
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Off-the-shelf smart devices found easy to hack
Off-the-shelf devices that include baby monitors, home security cameras, doorbells, and thermostats were easily co-opted by cyber researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). As part of their ongoing research ...
Mar 13, 2018
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Mozilla's Things Gateway to help bridge communication gap between home devices
Want to build your own smart home hub where gadgets actually talk to each other? Mozilla's Project Thing has a devoted group of people who want to help you do that.
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Researchers examine eavesdropping on smart-home traffic metadata
(Tech Xplore)—Uh-oh. Those smart-home devices can reveal personal information about your home activities and encryption does not resolve the risk either. A study indicates that ISPs can infer activities by analyzing Internet ...
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Computer scientists use music to covertly track body movements, activity
As smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and other smart devices become more prevalent in our lives, computer scientists have raised concerns that these network-enabled devices, if not properly secured, could be co-opted to steal ...
Aug 16, 2017
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Blockchain making houses safer
Blockchain technology developed to guarantee the value of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum is now being adopted by engineers as a way to fight off the risk of a hacker breaking into the connected appliances of ...
Aug 16, 2017
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Computing expert finds way of securing Internet of Things
A computing expert has found a way of securing the Internet of Things, a term that encompasses everything connected to the internet from smartphones to smart fridges.
Jun 21, 2017
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Dojo is pebble-shaped monitor for protecting smart home devices
(Tech Xplore)—BullGuard issued a press release at the end of last month making a case for why we need to be thinking about security for smart-home devices.
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Hayo will enable magical moves to control your connected home
(Tech Xplore)—What if you had some virtual remote control for your home, no screen, physical remote, no yelling across the room?
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Brilliant Control sports smart lighting, can work with other smart home devices
(Tech Xplore)—A California-based tech company Brilliant on Wednesday announced Brilliant Control, and in so doing showed its ambitions in the smart home marketplace.
