![]() ![]() Internet of Things – do you really need a kettle that can boil your security dry? Think of it like a power adapter that instead of converting, say, a round Euro socket into a triangular UK one, converts, say, a manually-switched US socket into an electronically-switched US socket that can be controlled remotely via an app or a web-type interface. Simply put, there are lots of people out there who have already bought and plugged these things in, and are using them right now to control electrical outlets in their homes.Ī “smart plug”, simply put, is a power socket that you plug into an existing wall socket and that interposes a Wi-Fi-controlled switch between the mains outlet on the front of the wall socket and an identical-looking mains outlet on the front of the smart plug. his appears to be a pretty popular consumer deviceased on these numbers, it’s safe to estimate that the total sales on Amazon alone should be in the hundreds of thousands. Our initial interest in the device came from having several of these lying around our lab and used at our homes, so we just wanted to see how safe (or not) they were to use. Old (in the short-term modern sense) though they might be, the researchers noted that: The model they looked at, the Wemo Mini Smart Plug (F7C063) is apparently getting towards the end of its shelf life, but we found plenty of them for sale online, along with detailed advice and instructions on Belkin’s site on how to set them up. ![]() Researchers at IoT security company Sternum dug into a popular home automation mains plug from well-known device brand Belkin.
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