IOT and related gizmos - Honey I bricked the house!

[jack_christie]

Guide to the new Matter standard:

Which products should you buy if you want a Matter smart home?

Matter products you can buy.

www.theverge.com

 

[jack_christie]

Eufy doorbell camera security issue

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOjiCbxP5Lc

 

[eizbaer]

If you fancy an iot related giggle, I can wholeheartedly recommend @internetofshit on Twitter

An example, car related to fit in here:

View: https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/1577178766870482944

 

[jack_christie]

If you fancy an iot related giggle, I can wholeheartedly recommend @internetofshit on Twitter

An example, car related to fit in here:

View: https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/1577178766870482944

Some of the proponents of connected cities and want connected cars to have something like ADS-B.

 

[jack_christie]

Anker keep digging:

Anker’s Eufy deleted these 10 privacy promises instead of answering our questions

Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cams.

www.theverge.com

 

[jack_christie]

Anker come clean?

Anker finally comes clean about its Eufy security cameras

Anker lied, ignored, deflected — but now, we have answers.

www.theverge.com

 

[eizbaer]

Anker come clean?

Probably just more / worse dirt further down

meanwhile, back in digital nomadland, the government has decided to accelerate the rollout of our digital meters. or rather... start it, finally. or something. because afaik about 130k of those are actually installed at the moment, compared to a grand total german electricity meters of 50+ million. they're not quite IoT yet, since the communications unit is not being installed in most cases... sooooo:

View: https://youtu.be/aqHauk3bNFA[yes it's german, but the auto-translated english subtitles are actually quite good]
also, take note: that video is already 5.5 years old. nothing has changed about the tech being rolled out in any way. it's still exactly the same.