Ron K Jeffries wrote: > <p dir="ltr">Is your market primarily the few, the proud, the paranoid? Or do > you have ambitions of reaching a broader consumer base? My hunch is the > former.</p>
HTML, yuck ! And I want both :) First mainly the ones who are more motivated and self-sufficient, hopefully tens of thousands of them. Then broader masses, but probably with some design changes. For the mass market, the thing has to operate very smoothly, there has to be a support structure, and - since a successful attack against the device will produce a larger "catch" - security demands are higher than if it's just an arcane gadget known to an "elite" group. Those security demands probably also include educating users about operational security. The best safe offers little protection if you forget to close it. Or do something like this: http://eoftedal.github.io/presentations/owasp-top-10-js-and-rest/OWASP%20Top%2010%20for%20JS/images/road.jpg I'm actually thinking of three initial phases: - alpha: very small number (<= 10), hand-made by yours truly, for developers only, no certificates, kit of Anelok, Y-Box, and programming fixtures. - beta: small number (maybe ~100), "light" industrial process, to debug the transfer of manufacturing to an outside party, no certificates, kit of Anelok and Y-Box. - gamma: as many as we can sell (at least a few thousand), regular industrial process, FCC and CE compliance, Anelok and Y-Box maybe as kit or maybe separate, depending how whether a) BTLE has good enough security by then, and b) making a Y-cable is an attractive alternative. Things that still need to be solved to make this happen are, besides the technical stuff, 1) setting up an organizational entity (company, cooperative, whatever works), and 2) finding money. My skills are fairly non-existent in these two areas, so I'll need help there. - Werner _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
