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You are entitled by the license, but only the copyright holder can sue for the violation.
So, the GPL never had much power?
So there is a great amount of lists, blogposts and information about awful/bad IoT things, but if someone like me want to have a list about IoT things that are actually secure and well-working, where would I find that?
I'd love a list like that as well, but sadly I don't think one exists and I don't think there's any money in doing it. Nobody wants to hear about good IoT devices, they want to make fun of bad ones and feel superior, that's what sells clicks. Maybe i'm just being cynical...
F.ex. when's the last time you saw a commercial for a door knob?
IoT is all about unsecured devices generally?
That's been my understanding as well. The cpu's used typically aren't powerful enough to do anything other than simple encryption in a reasonable amount of time. Ssl is generally out of the question. Someone please educate me if that's incorrect.
So there is a great amount of lists, blogposts and information about awful/bad IoT things, but if someone like me want to have a list about IoT things that are actually secure and well-working, where would I find that?
It's not that easy. I stick with brands/products that are reviewed by people I trust or have seemed to pick up some momentum. My general rule of thumb is I NEVER buy anything IoT that is WiFi based. Zigbee or Z-Wave based devices will save you a lot of security nightmares (though definitely not all).
I'm not expert in the area, but I would imagine a standard API could be implemented to handle the vast majority of use cases. Connecting to an app securely, turning things on and off, basic scheduling.
There's so much potential in the market for proper, well made IoT devices that would bring around the hardcore skeptics like myself. I mean really well made products, properly encrypted with well made API endpoints that come with good apps for the uninitiated -AND- the ability to be scripted and automated by the techies. (You can do both, there's no reason why you can't and I don't understand why everyone refuses to)…
Sounds like there is a strong need for a standard OS build for IoT devices. I'm not expert in the area, but I would imagine a standard API could be implemented to handle the vast majority of use cases. Connecting to an app securely, turning things on and off, basic scheduling.
Openwrt is powerful enough to take care of logging, connecting to the internet etc, and the sensor units can form a pseudo mesh using their wifi capabilities.
So there is a great amount of lists, blogposts and information about awful/bad IoT things, but if someone like me want to have a list about IoT things that are actually secure and well-working, where would I find that?
It's not that easy. I stick with brands/products that are reviewed by people I trust or have seemed to pick up some momentum. My general rule of thumb is I NEVER buy anything IoT that is WiFi based. Zigbee or Z-Wave based devices will save you a lot of security nightmares (though definitely not all).