{"id":249,"date":"2016-12-15T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=249"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:44","slug":"smart-homes-vulnerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2016\/12\/15\/smart-homes-vulnerable\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart homes vulnerable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-250 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depositphotos_87208362_s-2015-365x205.jpg\" alt=\"Interior of an apartment with smart home control device display on a wall\" width=\"374\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depositphotos_87208362_s-2015-365x205.jpg 365w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depositphotos_87208362_s-2015.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/>An interview exploring the technology underlying home device security and the Internet of Things (IoT) was recently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/spark\/334-quit-your-job-smart-home-security-and-more-1.3840590\/how-safe-is-your-smart-home-1.3840606\">broadcasted by CBC Radio<\/a>. <strong>Atul Prakash<\/strong>, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, spoke about why many IoT devices are vulnerable. &#8220;The technology is relatively new,&#8221; said Prakash. &#8220;Hardware is probably a little bit ahead of the software at this point, and a lot of vulnerabilities we are seeing are primarily on the software side of things.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interview exploring the technology underlying home device security and the Internet of Things (IoT) was recently broadcasted by CBC Radio. Atul Prakash, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, spoke about why many IoT devices are vulnerable. &#8220;The technology is relatively new,&#8221; said Prakash. &#8220;Hardware is probably a little bit ahead of the software at this point,\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2016\/12\/15\/smart-homes-vulnerable\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[54,23],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-iot","tag-security"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depositphotos_87208362_s-2015.jpg",500,281,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depositphotos_87208362_s-2015-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depositphotos_87208362_s-2015-365x205.jpg",300,168,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depositphotos_87208362_s-2015.jpg",500,281,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depositphotos_87208362_s-2015.jpg",500,281,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depositphotos_87208362_s-2015.jpg",500,281,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depositphotos_87208362_s-2015.jpg",500,281,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depositphotos_87208362_s-2015-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depositphotos_87208362_s-2015.jpg",60,34,false],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depositphotos_87208362_s-2015.jpg",500,281,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depositphotos_87208362_s-2015.jpg",500,281,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Depositphotos_87208362_s-2015.jpg",400,225,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"An interview exploring the technology underlying home device security and the Internet of Things (IoT) was recently broadcasted by CBC Radio. 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