A "Public Health" Approach To Internet of Things Security

New submitter StewBeans writes: Guaranteeing your personal privacy in an era when more and more devices are connecting our daily lives to the Internet is becoming increasingly difficult to do. David Bray, CIO of the FCC, emphasizes the exponential growth we are facing by comparing the Internet we know today to a beachball, and the Internet of Everything future to the Sun. Bray says unless you plan to unplug from the Internet completely, every consumer needs to assume some responsibility for the security and overall health of the Internet of Everything. He says this might look similar to public health on the consumer side — the digital equivalent of hand washing — and involve an open, opt-in model for the rapid detection of abnormal trends across global organizations and networks.

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I love the idea of connected devices BUT...

[rtkluttz]

It will be a cold day in hell before I will accept having to authenticate to a 3rd party outside my network to access or access data that my devices generate on someone elses servers or devices. When I am able to open ports in my own firewall and access my devices and data directly without having to ask someone elses permission then internet of things will be a go for me. Until then I'll be a technically savvy luddite.