No One Trusts the Security of the Internet of Things

The security of the internet remains rickety and now we're starting to hook up physical objects like cars, smart meters and home automation devices to it. With the emergence of the Internet of Things, network intrusion can take a whole new level of dangerous tempering and creepiness.

A new project initiated by Google (who else?) restores glory and respect to those who pioneered millimeter-wave radio and were forced to make room for the DC-and-microcontroller generation of electronic designers ruling the scene today.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a trend with a strong technological impulse. It combines the real world with the digital world. The Franziz IoT Maker Kit is a tutorial kit that enables you to build your own Internet of Things projects, including an internet clock, a media control center, a Twitter alarm system and much much more. For a limited time only Elektor are offering this kit at a special introductory price!

Digital technologies have the potential to greatly benefit humanity. They can spur economic growth, create jobs and provide people with new services. But the realization of that potential is not optimal, according to the World Bank. Most importantly, 60% of the world population still doesn't have access to the internet. This digital divide causes growing inequality between electronic haves and have-nots.

This time of year is good for forecasts. Some of them are disconcerting, because they raise fears that we’d rather leave asleep. That’s what I thought when I read an article about the widespread recording of all our conversations. That’s the stuff of George Orwell, you say, and that’s what I thought until I looked more closely, or should I say listened more closely….

New Arduino-compatible platform Arduino/Genuino 101 by Intel features an accelerometer, gyroscope and Bluetooth Smart connectivity to enable the development of smart, connected devices. With a form factor identical to the popular Arduino Uno the board will retail for about $30.

How many people in Mali have access to the internet? How many inbound network attacks have hit Germany in the last 24 hours? Answers to these types of questions can be found on the recently launched Internet Monitor dashboard. It provides a wealth of information about the state of the global Internet in customizable data visualizations. The Internet Monitor dashboard enables you to create your own dashboard with stats and figures about the internet. You can configure it by selecting widgets th...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a fast emerging concept in intelligent automation and intelligent monitoring that uses that Internet as the communications medium. The “Things” in IoT typically refers to devices that have unique identifiers and are connected to the Internet to exchange information. For example, a small device the size of a matchbox can be used to collect data about ambient temperature, relative humidity and the atmospheric pressure. This data can then be sent and stored on the cloud and accessed by anyone, anywhere.

During World War II the Dutch resistance set fire to the Amsterdam municipal register to destroy the personal records of the city's inhabitants in an attempt to prevent Nazi occupiers from using that information to identify Jews. In commemoration, sci-fi writer Cory Doctorow examined the parallels between WWII and the dark side of information technology during the Godwin lecture held each year on Liberation Day. The lecture was held on the premises of Natura Artis Magistra where once the munic...

Growing state interference with the internet calls for a new international agenda for internet governance that elevates key protocols like TCP/IP to the status of global public good (and renders them inviolable), argues the Dutch Scientific Council for Government Policy in a new report. 'Although it is inevitable national states increasingly want to shape 'the internet' in their own image, we will need to find ways to guarantee the general operability of the 'public core' of the internet', the...