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Ian Forrester

Smart TVs, smart fridges, smart washing machines? - 0 views

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    Disaster waiting to happen | Ars Technica
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Class action lawsuit alleges Fitbit misled buyers - 0 views

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    "A California man has filed a class action suit against Fitbit, alleging that the company's sleep tracking is inaccurate and constitutes false advertising. "
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MozOpenHard - 0 views

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    Chirimen Mozilla project
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ScratchX - 0 views

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    "Play with Experimental Extensions, you can create Scratch projects that connect with external hardware (such as electronic devices and robotics) and online resources (including web data and web services)."
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Here comes the 'Internet of Self' | Computerworld - 0 views

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    When the quantified self movement collides with the Internet of Things, the world becomes an extension of you.
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BBC News - Barbie doll will be internet connected to chat to kids - 0 views

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    "Barbie is having a digital makeover, with the release of an internet-connected version of the iconic doll."
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USB Proxy Rats Out Your Devices' Secrets | Hackaday - 0 views

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    "If you need to reverse-engineer a USB protocol on a computer running Linux, your work is easy because you control everything on the target system - you can just look at the raw USB data. If you'd like to reverse-engineer a USB device that plugs into a game console, on the other hand, your work is a lot harder. Until now."
Ian Forrester

This is Why People Fear the 'Internet of Things' - Krebs on Security - 0 views

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    "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."
Ian Forrester

Stalking Your Friends with Facebook Messenger - Faith and future - Medium - 0 views

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    I didn't realize how much data about me Messenger was revealing to the people I chatted with until last week when I began tinkering with my message history.
Ian Forrester

'10-second' theoretical hack could jog Fitbits into malware-spreading mode * The Register - 0 views

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    "A vulnerability in FitBit fitness trackers first reported to the vendor in March could still be exploited by the person you sit next to on a park bench while catching your breath."
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Secret messages for Alexa and Co - 0 views

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    "Secret messages for Alexa and Co. Researchers can hide secret commands for voice assistants in spoken sentences, birds' twittering, or music. They are not audible to the human ear. The machine recognises them precisely."
Ian Forrester

privacy not included - 0 views

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    Mozilla's guide to shopping for connected gifts
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