The NSA (National Security Agency) is funding development of an architecture for a "safer" Internet of Things (IoT), in the hope of incorporating better security at a product's design phase.
The controversial US intelligence agency is bestowing a $299,000, one-year grant to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) for a project that aims to build a lightweight virtualisation architecture which will make it easier to build security into IoT systems before they leave the factory.
There are some interesting reactions to the announcement on the Sophos Naked Security blog.
Why would the NSA invest in a project that would make it harder for them to spy on you?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 20 2015, @02:04PM
I know how to make a safer IOT. Start pulling chips out of appliances. Jerk those chips out, and throw them in the trash. If the appliance stops working due to the lack of a chip, send it back to the manufacturer. The manufacturer's incompetence resulted in an unsafe "internet of things", so he can eat the loss.
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