Internetofthings
Channel: Miles Johnson
Date: 2018-07-12

Most people should regard IoT devices as dangerous, expensive, and unreliable. The factors that cause this are primarily political, not technical.

Intro to Security Required Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_dials (Wikipedia article on watch dials illuminated by radioactivity from radium. Don't laugh. I had one. Everybody had one. It was cool. We glowed in the dark.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope (Wikipedia article on the dangerous shoe fitting devices that were EVERYWHERE. We glowed in the dark, and WE LIKED IT.)
https://gizmodo.com/the-house-that-spied-on-me-1822429852 (Recent Gizmodo article on living with the current generation of IoT devices.)
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/02/security_and_th.html (Long Schneier summary of the current IoT security situation.)

Intro to Security Optional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Age (Wikipedia article on the modern use of atomic power.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dUYfDg3G2A (Youtube video on the Orion project to build massive spaceships powered by nuclear bombs.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_power_during_the_Industrial_Revolution (Wikipedia article on the use of steam power in the Industrial revolution.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things (Wikipedia article on the Internet of Things.)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201 (The section of the DMCA that is used to enslave IoT owners.)