Is it affected by ramsomware?
I prefer my Stainless Steel French Press.
Most of these IoT thingys need a reset button and a hardwired data link so they can be deprogrammed.
I have never understood the ‘connected’ craze. My PC, and my phone can access the internet. I can turn lights on and off myself, same for the thermostat. What else do I need?
I would prefer that the coffee maker, refrigerator, and toaster, mind their own business, and not plot against me .
Just a suggestion.
I do not buy iOT devices. In the case where the feature is included (landlord provided garage door opener), I never enable it.
I would think that most of these things have a hard reset button that resets everything as long as you have access to the front panel or device. In the case of the thermostaat, I would rip it out of the wall and stick in a 70s vintage round Honeywell before paying ransom.
I have worked in cyber security for 25+ years. I do not allow any IOT devices in my house.
I do not use the carrier’s router/firewall. I build my own (bump for ww-drt) router and use a proxy server (Squid or DansGuardian) to monitor all traffic. Some call me paranoid but as part of my job, I run penetration tests for Banks. I know how weak many of these systems are due to lack of good design much less malicious intent.
Neither Alexis or Siri will ever be invited into my home.
I don’t need a ‘Smart-House’ that spies and tattles on you.
I have no fear for my $18 single cup Mr. Coffee.
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My $20 coffee maker has an on-off switch. That’s it. No IoT. No bluetooth. No WiFi. It’s safer than a voting machine.
The Internet is great for communication and entertainment. There is NO WAY that I want an Internet of Things, where my coffee maker, refrigerator, stove, and so on all have IP addresses.
Hey, let’s set this Trump Supporter’s house on fire by hacking his electric stove! (possible example)
Got introduced to anew on line/ telephone Scam this am. Somebody offered me Covid 19 shots for $40 so I wouldn’t have to stand in line.
I don’t understand the idea of putting all these appliances on the internet. It is just asking for more trouble than most people could ever imagine.
Now, I can see utility of having some stuff controllable locally. For instance, I have a music server that I built that is hooked up to my stereo system. It has a webserver on it that allows me to pick up my phone, click on a link, and control the player, by pausing, backing up, or skipping to the next tune. I can’t control it when I’m at Starbucks. What would be the point of that? It’s only available when I’m actually at home. I also have an ‘app’ that can connect to the stereo to control volume, input, output and other stuff from my phone. That also cannot be reached through the internet. If I’m at home on my local network, I can control all that stuff.
My heat/air system, apparently has network capability. I would think it would be really cool for me to be able to have similar kind of control that I have with my stereo. Unfortunately, it wants to connect out to the internet to function. I really have no desire of controlling my AC unless I’m at home. If I did, I’d open a pinhole on my firewall, and set things up with port forwarding, so I could enable it when I’m on vacation or something, but otherwise, it should be available only internally.
Making your coffeemaker, or printer available to the outside world is just asking for trouble. The number of printers available on the internet is astounding. An evil person might direct some kiddie porn to a printer owned by his enemy, then call the authorities with an anonymous tip about it.
That’s why I have a dumb house, and I avoid Alexa like the plague. 8>)
MY coffee maker doesn’t need to be connected to the Internet.