• TechDirt, Monday, October 26, 2015 10:05 AM

We've discussed at length that companies rushing to embrace the "Internet of Things" (read: networked devices for those of us not in marketing) tend to have completely forgotten a little something called device security. As a result we're now bombarded week after week with stories about cars that can be controlled remotely, televisions that share your unencrypted living room conversations with anybody on the Internet, and refrigerators that leave the door wide open to having your e-mail password stolen. Some of these are kind of cute exploits, but many of them could be potentially fatal. While these companies are desperately trying to highlight the wonderful future of Internet connected devices, they've inadvertently been creating advertisements for why many devices should just remain stupid. Especially if you're going to cut corners in development so device security is an afterthought, or cut corners post release when it comes to quickly identifying and patching exploits. 

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