I’m no expert when it comes to journalism, but I’d like to humbly offer a suggestion: if you’re going to write an article about a label, consider including A PICTURE OF THE LABEL.
Right? That’s exactly what I wanted and didn’t get. But I did get bombarded with a half dozen ads in my search through the article including one that wanted me to pay them for this stellar reporting.
Meaning “backdoor installed by the US government”
With the overall state of IoT security, they don’t need to backdoor it. The terrible engineering practices are more than sufficient.
The S in IoT means security.
Is it connected to wifi, Bluetooth, ethernet*, or have a sim card?
Yes: it is easy to hack
No: it is difficult to hack
*where ethernet includes ethernet, token ring, and any other protocol that connects other devices
