Hardware Podcasts

108: Nebarious

Embedded.fm · 8 Jul 2015 · 1h 30m

What this episode covers

Jen Castillo, a firmware engineer at Rebelbot, discusses the critical security and privacy challenges in wearable computing, using her company's 'Item' watch as a case study. She highlights the inadequacy of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) security, the risks of cloud data storage, and the ethical implications of monetizing user health data. Castillo also references the Nymi band's biometric authentication and suggests HIPAA guidelines as a useful checklist for non-medical devices.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Rebelbot, Apple
Products
Nymi band, Item
Chips
Nordic, TI
Also
Mike Ryan, EFF Secure Messaging Scorecard, HIPAA

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