Life in the future
A $400 juicer that connects to the internet for some reason.
The future is stupid.
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April 21st, 2017 at 8:35 pm
Upon the recommendation of my dentist, I purchased an electric toothbrush this year for the first time in my life. One model had bluetooth and an app that tracked your brushing habits. Reviews noted that after two or three brushings it gets real tedious using your iphone to help you brush your teeth. To make matters worse it brush shamed you when you missed spots or didn’t use the app often enough.
Needless to say, I purchased the “dumb” model.
April 21st, 2017 at 10:36 pm
I HATE IOT. It’s the precursor to zero privacy.
April 21st, 2017 at 11:09 pm
Jailer; You beat me to it.
This IoT is going to turn out to be the most purposely and secretly intrusive bit of privacy invasion known to man.
April 23rd, 2017 at 12:38 am
https://hackaday.com/2017/03/28/2017-the-year-of-the-dishwasher-security-patch/
so I can kinda understand how you might want your coke cans to log in to the ‘fridge so your smartphone has a 24/7 list of what you have on hand at home, for when you go grocery shopping (not to mention my killer app idea: “may I borrow a cup of sugar?”, a new social network that helps you get to know your neighbors while allowing you to virtue-signal the healthy meals you always create) Plus digital coupons by carefully screened sponsors displayed along-side your kid’s scanned in schoolwork art and the weather.
But I can’t really figure out why they want me to get all new network-enabled cast iron pots and whiskey glasses so they can network with my dishwasher. The year’s supply of free JetDry(tm) is nice though.
In all serious, IoT is largely closed source, poorly secured, intrusive, gimmicky, and designed to require being attached to the mother-server via the internet, but they want to know all about you for the opportunity to sell your data for targeted marketing. Just ask your African Grey parrot to order something on your Alexa-Enabled Echo for you.
April 24th, 2017 at 3:30 pm
Actually, it is largely Linux on a chip without a means to update the software. It is mostly done because it is cheaper to hire $1 per hour programmers rather than real embedded designers who can implement microcontrollers and real electronics. It isn’t going to get any better with everyone all hot and heavy over Raspberry Pi and other OS on a chip boards to do “electronics” in their products.
April 25th, 2017 at 8:57 am
@JK: Actually most IOT is being done with chips like the ESP8266 or its newer brother the ESP32. They don’t run an OS like Linux – usually the code is C/C++ based. They include wireless, integrated timers, encryption (SSL, AES), decent memory (for embedded) and lots of IO for a tiny price compared to things like Pi. They fill the gap between FPGA devices and purpose-built silicon.
The ESP chips are only one variety, but you get the idea. Integrating Linux into a toaster currently costs a lot more than just dropping an off-the-shelf IOT SOC (system-on-chip) into it. These things have really grown up the last three years and things have moved fast. It is easy to miss the advances.
And they usually have a means of update: one of the biggest security holes in all these chips is the OTA – “Over The Air” update – features built into the chip itself. The way software firms implement the OTA functions are often laughably insecure, despite the hardware allowing secure options.
So it’s a case of the human breaking the good stuff in the chip. Programmers who make a lot more than $1/hr. often screw up security.
I do some IOT programming and actually hold patents on computer security. So I kinda know what I’m talking about when I say I won’t put any IOT devices in charge of my kitchen.
April 27th, 2017 at 12:40 pm
>Actually, it is largely Linux on a chip without a means to update the software.
The “smart” dishwashers, refrigerators, juice-squeezing devices, fitness bands, home automation hubs and whatnot are largely closed source, without public API layers, and will stop working when the parent company stops supporting the device.
They need to report back to the “mothership” to function. When they do this they report on usage and other data that gets repackages and sold to advertisers.
Nest is permanently disabling the Revolv smart home hub
some chatter on a forum discussing what happens when Fitbit shuts down Peebles’ servers.