Turns out, it’s quite a lot. We’ve all kind of known that Alexa is always listening, and recording, but do we realize how much? Quoting Sharon Nelson’s discussion of another report – Yes, Alexa Does Eavesdrop on You! The author of the article listened to four years of his Alexa archive and found thousands of…
In this case, it wasn’t even that Nest had an insecure device, though that is often open to debate with Internet of Things devices. No, this was all about reusing passwords. “The method used to spy on the Thomases is one of the oldest tricks on the Internet. Hackers essentially look for email addresses and…
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The story is disturbing on many levels, but for me this is the part that is both obvious, and a reason why IoT devices deserve a lot more careful consideration than we have been giving them. “At the time the Ukrainian access was provided, the video files were left unencrypted, the source said, because of…
From a cybersecurity standpoint, this is a good idea. It demands that each gadget be given a unique password when it is made. From a “user has no idea how to get into the device because they never knew the password” standpoint, on the other hand? Yeah that’s going to be a mess. I predict…
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