RE: Re-imagining the world with IoT

mcb1 — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 04:15:24 GMT

Nice writeup.

Sadly IoT security will only be truly implemented when respective governments legislate it under their privacy laws.

We have enough examples with social media to show that security is at best hit and miss, and sadly the implications and effects are lost on a whole generation.

IoT can be useful, but just as our browser habits are mined by companies and the advertising is tailored, the ability to collect and use it for other than it's intended purpose will remain.

(this was a great documentary currently playing down under BBC Horizon The Age of Big Data | German Swiss International School MediaCore Library )

The design challenge will be an interesting one.

Security can indeed be implemented so the individual data content is hidden, but is that all data miners will need to extract patterns.?

Think about a house that has a single IoT device.

The only times it sends is when users interact with it.

The trend pattern for this single device then gives an indication of when the occupants are home.

So think carefully when you open up your data to the world ...the result might not be what you expect.

Mark

RE: Re-imagining the world with IoT

clem57 — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:42:48 GMT

China wants to grow their chip design and making capacity before they spend it on Qualcomm or other outside vendors -> Qualcomm pays $975 million, resolves China antitrust dispute By Reuters...Also the US is not the only GPS provider. China launches BeiDou system that will rival United State's GPS