Your toaster could be used by a hacker to burn down your house. Think about that.
As our home and business networks begin to expand to our toasters and overs, we need to give a thought to the security implications of the internet of things. Whenever new devices get added to a network, it brings in new security vulnerabilities. What kind and how serious they might be varies, and the point is they need to be evaluated.
The source of the vulnerabilities can be found in the nature of the technology being used, what kind of operating system software the devices have, how they communicate with other devices and the internet (Wifi, Bluetooth, etc.) and what, if any, security safeguards have been built in.
We're at an early stage and there are lots of questions that can't be answered. But the questions still need to be asked.
Here's a bit of a roadmap.
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