better the consortium solve it than our friends in the EU ultimately
mandate it

On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 10:30 AM Josh Luthman <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The cost of things would skyrocket.  Who wants to support fridge software
> for 10 years+?
>
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> On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 11:26 AM, Steve Jones <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Not that the industry has any care about security/integrity. but it would
>> be nice if an IOT consortium was formed to to make standards. The number
>> one thing Id like to see is a dead mans switch on these products to where
>> if there is not a firmware update for a year the item internet connectivity
>> stops functioning. When your internet connected refrigerator stops updating
>> in two years, youre not going to throw it out. but the inevitable
>> vulnerability will ensure it becomes a bot
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 9:13 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Is that like the Island of Misfit Toys?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Dan Parrish
>>> *Sent:* Monday, November 5, 2018 8:32 AM
>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Internet of Things
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I refer to this as the internet of abandoned things. Everything that's a
>>> thing today will be abandoned by the vendor eventually, usually A) within
>>> at 3 to 5 year refresh cycle or B) when the company goes out of business,
>>> or C) when it's acquired and inevitably shut down by google/cisco/etc.
>>>
>>> --dan
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/4/2018 11:58 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>>>
>>> Does anyone else think of Thing from the Addams Family when you hear
>>> about the Internet of Things?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Amazon Echo, Alexa, Google Home Hub, all seem like modern versions of
>>> Thing.  I mean the TV show version of Thing, the disembodied hand that
>>> would appear out of various boxes around the house and perform small
>>> tasks.  Not to be confused with Lurch.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Alexa, turn the record over, and bring me a cigar.
>>>
>>>
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