The Internet of Not Great Things - Nick Moore - PyConAu 2016

Nick Moore.

aka "The Internet of (Better) Things".

• Abuse of IoT is not a technical issue.
• The problem is who controls the data.
• Need better analysis of the was it is used that is bad.
• "If you're not the customer, you're the product."
  • by accepting advertising.
  • by having your privacy sold.
• Led to a conflation of IoT and Big Data.
• Product end of life by vendors ceasing support.
• Very little cross vendor compatibility.
• Many devices useless if the Internet is not available.
• Consumer grade devices often fail.
• Weak crypto support.
• Often due to lack of entropy, RAM, CPU.
• Poorly thought out update cycles.

Turning Complaints into Requirements:

We need:

• Internet independence.
• Generic interfaces.
• Simplified Cryptography.
• Easier Development.

Some Solutions:

• Peer to peer services.
• Standards based hardware description language.
• Shared secrets, initialised by QR code.
• Simpler development with MicroPython.