Internet of Things for Dummies

RE: Internet of Things for Dummies

MAb — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 16:19:17 GMT

Mirko,

Interesting initiative in order to make the IoT simple and accessible for all. Thanks for sharing [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-41cc14f7-64ec-4021-b368-98d2ce348ede/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]

Mike

RE: Internet of Things for Dummies

e14 Contributor — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:42:38 GMT

Oh, that accident response one makes me laugh... The Neds will love it.. It'll take them all of five minutes to work out which vehicles have it and work out a way to trigger it by chucking bricks at the car, jumping on it or whatever. Emergency services waste time on hoax calls when they could be helping people who really need help, taxpayer foots the bill unless they find a way to charge the vehicle owner..... Vehicle owner probably ends up with a bill for the damage to the car while the neds were trying to set it off. It won't take long for the vehicle manufacturer to lose sales due to people avoiding buying a car that includes something so stupid. Even if they sell a version of the same model that doesn't include the system the neds will find that out by bashing lumps out of the car while trying to set it off rather than reading the brochure..

Problems with a lot of this stuff comes with feature creep.. If you have geo-location to pinpoint the accident, you also have complete movement tracking available.. I can hear the politicians salivating already [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-41cc14f7-64ec-4021-b368-98d2ce348ede/contentimage_5F00_2.png:16:16]

The other downside is that the only way to make continued stream of cash out of these things is to have it locked down to some subscription service you provide. I've already talked to a lot of people who are concerned over the (current) high cost of some of these devices and whether it'll continue to work when it's manufacturer goes out of business.

DAB has it right, lots of extra data being made available and being analysed for purposes the original designers were too naive to consider is a real concern.

RE: Internet of Things for Dummies

e14 Contributor — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 07:01:23 GMT

I tend to agree more an more about this as well. We leaving ourselves open to a lot of vulnerabilities. Often we innovate without looking at the long term consequences. Well it is in our nature. We are afraid of being eaten by a shark, but a BMI of over 25 is less of an immediate issue to many.

The original version of the comic book as well as the special edition tried to have some of these elements taken into account, but not nearly as highlighted as the shiny scenarios (have a look at the original edition in the foreword as well as pages 13 or 25). Unfortunately we lost it a bit in the business edition... The business edition focused on that top bit of the iceberg. But I think managing all the other aspects is what we should highlight more.

Maybe the next edition should focus on the risks - could be an idea. If you could provide some scenario/content ideas via this forum - maybe we can pick them up in the next edition - the RISK edition - credit will of course be given.

Thanks for reading - and discussing!

RE: Internet of Things for Dummies

mcb1 — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 06:08:34 GMT

I agree....

There is far too much "oooh look we have this new technology, now what can we use it for".

Then a bunch of 'dreamers' get together and find uses that might benefit society, but generally add nothing.

How neat you have a machine that tells you there has been some sort of fender bender.

It offers the authorities nothing important like the number of casualties or if some are hurt, some are dead or anything else.

Next you'll be wanting to tell the manufacturer the airbag went off so they can schedule it for a service.

The security (or lack of) is the one thing that will ensure these are treated with the concern they should have.

I'm also concerned over the amount of RF pollution being dumped into the air by this IOT fad.

It means genuine uses are going to be comprimised just because someone is too lazy to walk to their letterbox.

Sorry but those are my thoughts, and I'm open to be shown my errors.

Mark

RE: Internet of Things for Dummies

DAB — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 02:21:11 GMT

I know that the comic is well intended, but it does nothing to allay my fears of too much control by machines and information analyst.

You might be able to educate some people about the benefits of the IoT, but you should also highlight some of the dangers.

Just my opinion.

DAB