EPISODE · Dec 25, 2019 · 8 MIN
The Debate Over How to Encrypt the Internet of Things
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
Internet-connected gadgets like lightbulbs and fitness trackers are notorious for poor security. That's partly because they’re often made cheaply and with haste, which leads to careless mistakes and outsourcing of problematic parts. But it’s also partly due to the lack of computing power in the first place; it's not so easy to encrypt all that data with limited resources. Or at least that’s how the conventional wisdom goes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Internet-connected gadgets like lightbulbs and fitness trackers are notorious for poor security. That's partly because they’re often made cheaply and with haste, which leads to careless mistakes and outsourcing of problematic parts. But it’s also partly due to the lack of computing power in the first place; it's not so easy to encrypt all that data with limited resources. Or at least that’s how the conventional wisdom goes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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