Xfinity's Security System Flaws Open Homes to Thieves
Not exactly the same, but I&#x27;m very worried about security and data privacy when it comes to home devices. A third party knowing what photos I publish on the web is one thing, but a third party actively being able to control my thermostat, kitchen or being able to see what&#x27;s happening in my home at any time, unknown to me, is what really scares me.<p>Regarding the security aspect, I wrote a secure communications library[1] as a proof of concept in Python, with the aim to make it much easier to write authentication and encryption into an app. About privacy, though, we need to make sure that the only devices that run in your house give you access to the code and the ability to verify what&#x27;s running on the device.<p>Otherwise, we can stop worrying about whether we&#x27;re in Brave New World, where people were numbed by all the entertainment, or 1984, where people were under an all-seeing tyrant, and be sure that we&#x27;re in <i>both</i> those things, numbed by all the entertainment which incidentally required that we voluntarily sign away all control to the all-seeing eye in exchange.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;stringphone.readthedocs.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;latest&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;stringphone.readthedocs.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;latest&#x2F;</a>