On 11 January 2018 at 08:47, Robert Brown via luv-main
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Does this:
>
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/akita/akita-instant-privacy-for-smart-homes
>
> do anything special that is not already available in linux software? Apart
> from a neat packaging exercise of course?

Quoting [1]:

How does this device work, exactly?

It uses a custom form of WiFi sniffing to detect questionable packets
and send them to our servers to be analyzed (this is why the hardware
can run on low memory/CPU, because it's mainly a cloud-based system).
Once the packets are determined to be malicious, a command is sent
from our servers back to the Akita device; this includes custom
protocol commands to disconnect the device from the network router.
Keep in mind, this packet monitoring is high-level and does NOT
include any personal information, nor does it require any credentials
for specific IoT devices.

[1] 
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/akita/akita-instant-privacy-for-smart-homes/faqs#project_faq_232908
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