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OPLIN 4cast #500: The Internet of Things: so cool, so...problematic
July 27th, 2016

[image: virus alert] The Internet of Things is exploding. It's likely that
you're already aware of many smart home devices, such as thermostats
<https://store.nest.com/product/thermostat/?gclid=CN-V7-jTh84CFQkJaQod0kMOgA>,
doorbells <https://ring.com/?medium=ppc1&gclid=CNOaq_XTh84CFZGCaQod6UsILw>
and even light bulbs <http://www2.meethue.com/en-us/about-hue/what-hue-does>.
The IoT has already gone far beyond mere consumer uses, with sensor devices
that communicate via wifi being installed for all sorts of uses in industry
as well.  Morgan Stanley estimates that there will be more than 75 billion
connected devices by the year 2020
<http://readwrite.com/2016/07/14/iot-and-problems-the-concerns-that-arise-with-iot-pt2>.
As amazing as these implementations are, they bring a number of really big
problems with them.  And, as the IoT continues to grow, those issues are
getting much harder to ignore.
- *The spy who hacked me: Evildoers love IoT’s weak security
<http://readwrite.com/2016/06/15/ghosts-machine-hackers-spies-love-iots-weak-security-dl4>.*
"A
Hewlett-Packard study from 2014 found that many IoT devices were shipped
from the factory with low security passwords.  As well, a Veracode report
from last year discovered many basic security weaknesses in such devices as
hubs for home IoT networks and even garage door openers."
- *Cybersecurity investment to reach $400 million due to IoT threats
<http://readwrite.com/2016/05/19/cybersecurity-investment-iot-sl4> *"Investment
in cybersecurity rose by 78 percent in 2015 to $228 million and Lux
Research expects it to reach $400 million this year, in part because of the
rapid adoption of IoT devices."
- *“Internet of Things” security is hilariously broken and getting worse
<http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/01/how-to-search-the-internet-of-things-for-photos-of-sleeping-babies/>
*"Shodan,
a search engine for the Internet of Things (IoT), recently launched a new
section that lets users easily browse vulnerable webcams. The feed includes
images of marijuana plantations, back rooms of banks, children, kitchens,
living rooms, garages, front gardens, back gardens, ski slopes, swimming
pools, colleges and schools, laboratories, and cash register cameras in
retail stores, according to Dan Tentler, a security researcher who has
spent several years investigating webcam security."
- *IoT and problems: The issues that bedevil any new tech
<http://readwrite.com/2016/07/14/iot-and-problems-the-concerns-that-arise-with-iot-pt2>
*"Many
of these IoT devices are literally built to spy on consumers. Big
Corporations are not making money off of the smart machines themselves. The
real profit is found in Big Data. The sensors in these smart devices are
busy gathering all sorts of information about users that is sent back to
companies to be analyzed."

*Articles from Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Privacy in the Age of the Internet of Things.
   <https://oplin.org/auth/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebscohost.com%2Flogin.aspx%3Fdirect%3Dtrue%26db%3Dpwh%26AN%3D114619824%26site%3Dehost-live>
   (*Human Rights*, 2016, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p14-17 | Williams, Jamie Lee)
   - The Internet of Things Is Now a Thing.
   <https://oplin.org/auth/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebscohost.com%2Flogin.aspx%3Fdirect%3Dtrue%26db%3Dpwh%26AN%3D109457305%26site%3Dehost-live>
   (*Stanford Social Innovation Review*, Fall 2015, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p8-10
   |Davarzani,Ladan and Purdy, Mark)
   - Seduction by Technology: Why Consumers Opt Out of Privacy by Buying
   into the Internet of Things.
   <https://oplin.org/auth/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebscohost.com%2Flogin.aspx%3Fdirect%3Dtrue%26db%3Dbuh%26AN%3D114886642%26site%3Dehost-live>
   (*Texas Law Review*, Vol. 94 Issue 5, p1023-1034 | Bailey, Melissa W.)

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