EP#83: The One Man Entertainment Machine

The One Man Entertainment Machine

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• John Adams 
  • Security researcher, investor, and technologist from San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Previous early employee at Twitter
  • One man entertainment machine
• IoT Security
  • Software Updates. Force users to update?
  • Change default passwords!
  • A device will only be as secure as the default settings
• Bad IoT Devices 
  • Internet of Shit
  • You should not be running Linux on your faucet
  • Garden Hose
• The Ides of DEFCON 
  • John learned a lot of his first large hardware project
  • Microcontrollers can be precariou
  • WS2812B can't handle lead free reflow process
• Stephens Game - IoT device that you would actually like 
  • John: Fix automation. Make a device that can interconnect all the other protocols. IoT Glue.
  • Stephen: Beer can with sensors. Can notify waitress or bartender you are running out of beer!
  • Parker: IoT power tools for battery data.