Blog Trusted Tiny Things is a project that explores and raises awareness of privacy and trust isses of Internet connected devices also known as IOT or smart appliances. http://t3.abdn.ac.uk/blog/index.php 2015-03-19T13:21:51+00:00 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management Trusted Tiny Things App Beta Release 2014-04-02T09:21:57+00:00 2014-04-02T09:21:57+00:00 http://t3.abdn.ac.uk/blog/index.php/8-blog/news/5-trusted-tiny-things-mobile-app Super User s.beran@abdn.ac.uk <div class="feed-description"><p>We are happy to announce that we deployed our first beta version of the Trusted Tiny Things App to Google Play Store!</p> </div> <div class="feed-description"><p>We are happy to announce that we deployed our first beta version of the Trusted Tiny Things App to Google Play Store!</p> </div> Participatory Design Exercise Results 2014-01-22T15:47:51+00:00 2014-01-22T15:47:51+00:00 http://t3.abdn.ac.uk/blog/index.php/8-blog/news/4-participatory-design-exercise-results Super User s.beran@abdn.ac.uk <div class="feed-description"><p>On the 10th of January 2014 we conducted a participatory design exercise discussing issues related to Internet collected “things” and their capabilities. The discussion was framed around a number of devices such as smart appliances, an in-car black box, a internet connected alarm clock and a smart toy.</p> </div> <div class="feed-description"><p>On the 10th of January 2014 we conducted a participatory design exercise discussing issues related to Internet collected “things” and their capabilities. The discussion was framed around a number of devices such as smart appliances, an in-car black box, a internet connected alarm clock and a smart toy.</p> </div> Webcams Insecurities 2013-10-22T14:05:59+00:00 2013-10-22T14:05:59+00:00 http://t3.abdn.ac.uk/blog/index.php/8-blog/news/2-web-camera-insecurities Super User s.beran@abdn.ac.uk <div class="feed-description"><p>As a first building block of our blog we would like to bring up a real life example, where interrogation of services and further description of device would be beneficial for the user to determine if a particular device or service can be really trusted. </p> <p>Just recently, Trendnet's webcams has been hacked to expose video feeds publicly.  These webcams were connected to the internet and readily accessible by anyone, causing privacy issues to great extent.</p> <p>To find out more about this, please refer to BBC article <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23971118" target="_blank" title="Trendnet ruling heralds crackdown on insecure home webcams">Trendnet ruling heralds crackdown on insecure home webcams</a>.</p> <p>We are always interested in public opinion and you are free to share your thoughts in comments below.  </p></div> <div class="feed-description"><p>As a first building block of our blog we would like to bring up a real life example, where interrogation of services and further description of device would be beneficial for the user to determine if a particular device or service can be really trusted. </p> <p>Just recently, Trendnet's webcams has been hacked to expose video feeds publicly.  These webcams were connected to the internet and readily accessible by anyone, causing privacy issues to great extent.</p> <p>To find out more about this, please refer to BBC article <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23971118" target="_blank" title="Trendnet ruling heralds crackdown on insecure home webcams">Trendnet ruling heralds crackdown on insecure home webcams</a>.</p> <p>We are always interested in public opinion and you are free to share your thoughts in comments below.  </p></div> NFC interception approach 2014-01-22T13:32:42+00:00 2014-01-22T13:32:42+00:00 http://t3.abdn.ac.uk/blog/index.php/9-blog/technology/3-near-field-communication-approach Super User s.beran@abdn.ac.uk <div class="feed-description"><p>Near Field communication is still an emerging technology, but already it has been widely integrated all around us. Contact-less payments, smart posters and in case of smartphones redirecting browser to a web service or to the specific application. Trusted Tiny Things project is implementing this NFC technology and uses it as a main entry point to our system. </p> </div> <div class="feed-description"><p>Near Field communication is still an emerging technology, but already it has been widely integrated all around us. Contact-less payments, smart posters and in case of smartphones redirecting browser to a web service or to the specific application. Trusted Tiny Things project is implementing this NFC technology and uses it as a main entry point to our system. </p> </div>