18th February 2016
Imagine buying an internet-enabled surveillance camera, network attached storage device, or home automation gizmo, only to find that it secretly and constantly phones home to a vast peer-to-peer (P2P) network run by the Chinese manufacturer of the hardware. Now imagine that the geek gear you bought doesn’t actually let you block this P2P communication without some serious networking expertise or hardware surgery that few users would attempt.
http://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/FI9286P.pngThe FI9286P, a Foscam camera that includes P2P communication by default.
This is the nightmare “Internet of Things” (IoT) scenario for any system administrator: The IP cameras that you bought to secure your physical space suddenly turn into a vast cloud network designed to share your pictures and videos far and wide. The best part? It’s all plug-and-play, no configuration necessary!
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This is Why People Fear the ‘Internet of Things’
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Well, it is understandable especially given that there seems to be a wholesale rush to IoT just about everything conceivable...some of which is definitively fatuous in my humble opinion...so hopefully, when things calm down, and the pace is more measured those who have the fear will be persuaded to lose it?
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