Mayo615's French Odyssey Week 8 Update
Channel: Mayo615
Date: 2019-05-21

Hello! 
…and welcome to the Week 8 Update of Mayo615’s Odyssey to France, and how to transform Big Ideas into Big Realities. 
I want to continue to share my personal focus and interest in the Internet of Things (IoT). In my Week 5 update, I discussed current Internet of Things research which promises breakthroughs in data throughput and energy efficiency. In this update, I want to address continuing challenges and concerns in wireless data privacy and security for IoT. Last year the Wi-Fi Alliance announced the new Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3) protocol. While a significant improvement over WPA2, particularly for IoT devices, the tech media have already identified unresolved security holes (search: Dragonblood). Worse in my view, the roll-out of WPA3 will take years, as both ends of the connection must support WPA3 or the connection reverts to existing WPA2. One year after the WPA3 announcement barely a handful of routers and devices are WPA3 certified. My assessment is that some IoT and router vendors may see a competitive opportunity to fill this void with proprietary security solutions until WPA3 actually arrives.  
The other area of concern is IoT privacy. Researchers are currently demonstrating technology to give intelligent assistant devices the ability to “see” and recognize objects using Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) and machine-learning software. For example, it can recognize cooking utensils and ingredients on a preparation surface for “mis en place.” While this research continues it also opens the probability of consumer concerns about how the global intelligent assistant vendors could exploit this technology for their own ends. This issue deserves close attention because it could potentially impact the exponential growth projections for the IoT market. 
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