IoT devices, can you rely on them.

[CHJ]

How much do you rely on IoT devices

 

[Nelsun]

One word. Or two if you care to add your own expletive.

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[MARK.B.]

Food for thought there Chas. I recall reading that a car hire company (top end sports etc etc) in America had all there cars fitted with a remote disabling device after several were not returned by the customers , makes me wonder if these sort of devices will become more widely used by manufacturers of all kinds of things in the future.

 

[monkeybiter]

Who needs script kiddies and Russian hackers when business can be the bad guy when there's a financial motive?

 

[John Brown]

I've a feeling this is inaccurate reporting, or at least misleading. If the device connects to the internet, then there's likely to be a server(or "broker" if using MQTT), so all the company have to do is block that particular "client". So "bricking" the device in a way, but more analagous to disconnecting your mobile phone.

 

[RogerS]

I'm not surprised.

No...you DON'T need to turn your bloody kettle on from your iPhone.

Fewer Smart things. More smart people.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Better chance of getting the smart things.

 

[morfa]

I work in IT and even I think they're a waste of time at the moment. There's a chance in 10 years time that they'll be stable and decent, but for now it's a lot of hype. Avoid like the plague.

 

[John Brown]

I'm currently testing my DIY homebrew temperature control. The controller is, to be fair, autonomous, so that(in theory) it will still work if the WiFi link or the internet goes down, but it is useful to be able to graph the behaviour(and check the temperature or change the temperature range from my phone). Here are the graphs:
I't not leading-edge of life-saving, but I like to tinker.

 

[monkeybiter]

Are you using an ESP chip/module?

 

[John Brown]

Are you using an ESP chip/module?

Yes. Actually a Wemos D1 mini, as it has built in USB to serial bridge for programming.