{"id":31725,"date":"2019-07-10T04:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T08:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cybercon1.com\/?p=31725"},"modified":"2019-07-10T04:04:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T08:04:00","slug":"a-not-so-smart-internet-of-things-catastrophe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/10\/a-not-so-smart-internet-of-things-catastrophe\/","title":{"rendered":"A not so smart ‘Internet of Things’ Catastrophe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Dave Moore\u00a0 – “Smart” speakers, smart TVs, smart refrigerators, smart thermostats, smart light bulbs, smart coffee pots, smart watches, smart door locks, smart phones, smart prescription medicine dispensers (really?), smart cameras, smart doorbells, smart vacuum cleaners, smart cars, smart window shades; hey, how about an entire smart house? Are these things real? What does it all mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also known as “Internet of Things<\/strong> (IoT<\/strong>)” devices, so-called “smart” devices are generally defined as electronic devices that can connect to and interact wirelessly with other devices using the Internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smart devices can be programmed to automatically and\/or autonomously perform certain chores, like change your heating and cooling systems, play music libraries, unlock doors, monitor your health, order groceries, dim the lights and drive your car to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those are just some of the Joe and Suzy Homeowner things that smart IoT<\/strong> devices promise to do. The business, manufacturing and government implementations of IoT<\/strong> are far more impressive, powerful and, yes, creepy. Read more: <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RB Note: <\/strong> Common sense, smart dude. I doubt many people have given even a stray thought to way they are potentially opening up their private world to the “Bad guys” out there. Think about it people, this the new digital Wild West! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Dave Moore\u00a0 – “Smart” speakers, smart TVs, smart refrigerators, smart thermostats, smart light bulbs, smart coffee pots, smart watches, smart door locks, smart phones, smart prescription medicine dispensers (really?), smart cameras, smart doorbells, smart vacuum cleaners, smart cars, smart …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[649,626],"tags":[650,627],"class_list":["post-31725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet-of-things","category-iot","tag-internet-of-things","tag-iot"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76221,"url":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/28\/smart-cities-iot-the-rise-of-home-wellness-technology\/","url_meta":{"origin":31725,"position":0},"title":"Smart Cities IoT: The Rise Of Home Wellness Technology","author":"Rick Backus","date":"February 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"We don't hit the AC remote anymore, desperately willing the dead battery alive. 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