We can still ‘nail’ security in the IoT

Oh, the things that we didn’t know enough to worry about five years ago: Cars that can be remotely “bricked”via computer; home automation controllers that can be compromised to distribute spam; “smart”light bulbs that can be hacked to reveal Wi-Fi passwords.

Now that the Internet of Things (IoT) is upon us, these things have all made the headlines lately. But I’m not here to say that the IoT is a terrible idea and we all need to reject it before it destroys our last vestiges of security and privacy. My take is that what is going on with the IoT is predictable, preventable and fixable. I say this because when it comes to rolling out new technologies, history has a way of repeating itself.

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