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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2015, @02:24PM
I thought of one. What if you were arguing with someone on the internet about who could make a sandwich fastest? It would be much more difficult to fake the sandwich if information on when the breadbox was opened/closed, when the toast was done, and the amount of condiments in the fridge before vs after was publicly available.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2015, @02:30PM
sudo make me a sandwich --fastest
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 20 2015, @03:33PM
And after you eat it...
sudo gas chromatography && flush toilet