Internet of Things & Security - read before your next wireless project

“When you put technology on items that haven’t had it before, you run into security challenges you haven’t thought about before.”

Came across this Wired article. A well written warning for all the wireless Bluetooth/Wifi/RF enabled garage door openers, egg breeding machines, aquaria, cat food dispensers, car ignitions, weather stations, wind tunnels, alarm systems, helmets, RC cars etc.

Never mind the IOT, I am amazed how people (including businesses, I suspect) store information in "the cloud" where any gangster can get at it. How do we even know if the cloud servers are actually owned by Mafia types?

...R