Thanks for the head’s Up. . .
The is that the vast majority of people don’t won’t care enough to wall off their cheap IOT devices unless it affects them individually and directly.
Twitter being unavailable is an abstract problem, my baby monitor being off is a whole other matter.
Very interesting. However, the DDoS attack hit internet services - and could, I imagine, hit a service I use or, Heaven forefend, even FR.I saw a discussion elsewhere on FR of how to connect to FR when some useful but not essential servers are down. But it seemed to be targeted to Windows users. Any advice you would share about back up procedures for accessing FR under degraded Internet conditions?
No problem.
I’ve been somewhat dubious of IoT devices in my home. Not that I don’t like the convenience of automation. I’ve used X-10 for years but having “things” on the net, I’ve always been wary about.
The only “thing no” on the net in my house is the Nest thermostat. Bought before they sold out to google. And since it was also bought before the HomeKit framework, it doesn’t have the security built in.
I’ll go Honeywell in the future, I believe it is HomeKit compliant.
Phillips Hue is HomeKit, I’ll think about it to replace my X-10 dimmers when the price come down a bit.