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Google, Amazon and Apple are all duking it out for supremacy in the smart home space. As you’ve probably noticed, cheaper smart lights and the like typically don’t offer connectivity …read more Continue reading Homebrew LED Strips That Are HomeKit-Compatible
The finder of this bug insists it “poses a serious risk”. We’re not so sure, but we recommend you take steps to avoid it anyway. Continue reading Apple Home software bug could lock you out of your iPhone
This project started, as many do, with a simple idea. [Ben Hoad] just wanted to take a static LEGO Hogwarts Express train kit and make it motorized. It was compatible with standard LEGO track pieces, so all he should have to do was figure out how to shoehorn a motor …read more
Continue reading Motorized LEGO Train Gets Qi Charging in the Track
Every tech monopoly has their own proprietary smart home standard; how better to lock in your customers than to literally build a particular solution into their homes? Among the these players Apple is traditionally regarded as the most secretive, a title it has earned with decades of closed standards and …read more
Continue reading Apple HomeKit Accessory Development Kit Gets More Accessible
Generally speaking, home automation isn’t as cheap or as easy as most people would like. There are too many incompatible protocols, and more often than not, getting everything talking requires you to begrudgingly sign up for some “cloud” service that you didn’t ask for. If you’re an Apple aficionado, there …read more
Continue reading Homekit Compatible Sonoff Firmware Without A Bridge
This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for June 17th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: the US Customs and Border Protection data breach, the new sign in with Apple button, and more leaked Facebook emails. Protect your dig… Continue reading US Customs and Border Protection Data Breach, Sign in with Apple, Leaked Facebook Emails
Apple just can’t seem to get away from the theme of security flaws right now. Continue reading Apple plugs IoT HomeKit hole
Apple said it has fixed an undisclosed vulnerability in its HomeKit framework that could have allowed unauthorized remote control of HomeKit devices such as smart locks and connected garage door openers. Continue reading Apple Fixes Flaw Impacting HomeKit Devices
Enterprise-grade smart lock startup Latch has added a third product to its portfolio. The ‘Latch C’ is notable as its first smart lock to be certified to work with Apple’s HomeKit. Read More Continue reading Latch adds HomeKit-approved smart lock to its enterprise suite
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Continue reading News in brief: Vertus go cheap; Uber debuts chat; Ikea gets smart