{"id":33180,"date":"2020-02-28T04:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cybercon1.com\/?p=33180"},"modified":"2020-02-28T04:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T09:16:00","slug":"what-the-hell-is-that-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/28\/what-the-hell-is-that-device\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Hell Is That Device"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By\u00a0Karl Bode<\/a> – There\u2019s really no escaping the internet of broken things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On any given day, Americans connect thousands of internet-enabled devices to the internet, despite\u00a0repeated warnings<\/a>\u00a0from cybersecurity experts that such devices often lack even the most rudimentary privacy and security protections.

The results haven\u2019t been pretty. From \u201csmart\u201d televisions that\u00a0hoover up your living room conversations<\/a>\u00a0to webcams that can be hacked and used in DDoS attacks\u00a0in a matter of seconds<\/a>, the problem is monumental. And it\u2019s enabled by companies that routinely prioritize profits over consumer privacy, security, or the well being of the internet.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have released a beta of an app they hope can address some of these problems. Dubbed the\u00a0The Internet of Things (IoT) Assistant<\/a>, (iOS<\/a>,\u00a0Android<\/a>) the app will scan any unidentified IOT<\/strong> nearby, tell you what they do, and guide you toward the ability to opt out of data collection (assuming such an option exists). Read On:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n