Reboot The Toilet

Terrifying Robot Dog

Episode: Reboot The Toilet
Website: Terrifying Robot Dog
Feed URL: https://rss.simplecast.com/podcasts/1107/rss
Duration: 00:24:47
Published: 2016-04-01 12:00

Privacy, Security, and Encryption - Part 2

Reboot The Toilet

INTRO

Hello and welcome to Terrifying Robot Dog! I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we are here to talk about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world.

This week:

Part 2 in our series on privacy, security, and encryption.

Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...

HOUSEKEEPING

Shoutouts

FEATURE

Regarding physical safety:

It's easy to imagine use cases for connecting a kitchen stove to the internet (e.g., pre-heat the oven to 450º as you leave the office so you can pop a frozen dinner in as soon as you get home).

Now, what if a hacker turns on my stove top while my wooden cutting board happens to be sitting on it? The house prolly burns down.

Or imagine a hack that extinguishes the pilot light for several hours and then sparks the stove top - BOOM

Even just arriving home to a cacophony of running appliances and utilities would be pretty upsetting:

Vacuum cleaner running
Blender running
Coffee grinder running
Garbage disposal running
Washer running
Dryer running
Dishwasher running
All sinks, tubs, garden hoses running water full blast
Toilets flushing endlessly
Boiler clanging away because thermostat is maxed
A/C maxed
Fans blowing
Space heaters maxed

Add to that everything that has a bell, beep, or buzzer, and you've got a pretty jarring night on your hands:

TVs turned on full volume
Radios turned on full volume
Doorbell ringing constantly
Smoke detectors going off constantly
Alarm clocks going off constantly
Microwave oven (constant "done" beep)
Toaster oven (constant "done" beep)
Stove timer (constant "done" beep)
Stove (constant "up to temp" beep)
Dryer (constant "done" beep)
Washing machine (constant "done" beep)
Dishwasher (constant "done" beep)
Refrigerator (constant "door ajar" beep)

I can't even think about what would happen if a hacker could activate the sound modules on all my kids' toys simultaneously

(This is prolly a 100 years out, but... all bets are off once there's a humanoid robot in the home. If a hacker gains control of a "C3P0" in your kitchen, the possibilities for mayhem would be virtually limitless.)

TITLES

Accidental Hiatus
Terrifying Robotic Revenge
Reboot The Toilet
C3PO Wins

CLOSING

That's our show for this week. I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we hope you join us again next week for Terrifying Robot Dog. Bye!

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