Australia vs insecure IoT devices

Heh good luck with that….. Australia seems to be interested in taking a stand against insecure IoT devices. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/webconnected-household-devices-to-face-mandatory-rating-over-spying-fears-20171013-gz08jp.html Internet-connected products from baby monitors to sports shoes will soon bear a mandatory Australian cyber security consumer rating amid growing alarm at hacking of everyday devices. The Turnbull government is pushing the technology industry to come… Continue reading Australia vs insecure IoT devices

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IoT network in Australia

I think someone may regret this….. https://internetofbusiness.com/cefc-thinxtra-australia/ The Australian government’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is to invest AU$10m in IoT network builder Thinxtra in exchange for 15 percent equity. Sydney-based Thinxtra last year obtained the licence to roll out French network company Sigfox’s low-powered, wide area network (LPWAN) technology across Australia and New Zealand,… Continue reading IoT network in Australia

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Smart clothes peg

We interrupt this series of very important vodka and movie blog posts to throw this bit of tech news at you…. Yes, it’s an IoT thing. Again. This just cracked me up in all sorts of ways. http://www.engadget.com/2016/04/19/peggy-smart-clothes-peg/ The latest attempt to make a household object smarter is Peggy, a connected clothes peg by Australian… Continue reading Smart clothes peg

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Precrime via IoT

It’s happening. We have got to the point where there is a concentrated effort from a nation’s government to collect all the data it can about each and every citizen and then feed all that to an AI and look for patterns. Of course all this is in the name of safety…. But as I… Continue reading Precrime via IoT

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