Sociability and Securitization
in the Internet of Things
Jeffrey Moro
@jeffreymoro • University of Maryland, College Park
“I am a home automation nut. When I arrive home my lights turn on. In lieu of motion detecting lights, I have a Z-wave motion detector that notifies my Revolv when there is motion on any side of our home and turns on the appropriate lights. Although I do set a home alarm, there is really no more effective vacation security than the programatic turning on, dimming, and turning off of lights in a manner that would indicate that people are home. After buying my Revolv I put my outdoor landscaping light on it and threw away the old timer. Now at Sunset my landscape lighting turns on. Holiday lighting does the same. It’s magical.”
— Arlo Gilbert, “The time that Tony Fadell sold me a container of hummus.”
src: https://www.incapsula.com/blog/malware-analysis-mirai-ddos-botnet.html
src: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/technology/personaltech/stop-hijacking-home-devices.html