[jdhouse4]

There are two things that can break IoT, security and fracturing. But security is a necessary condition for IoT to succeed.

I know Apple has surprised many of the companies that want to work with HomeKit with its security requirements. I heard from one company that, for example, was upset that locks cannot be remotely activated. The last thing anyone needs is their house getting hacked and robbed as well.

[draven]

Remotely activated locks? What's the use case for this? Call your girlfriend when you're locked outside your house and ask her to open the door with her cellphone?

There seems to be a high risk for little benefit, or perhaps I don't have a lot of imagination.

[ianhedoesit]

I would imagine it was more of the opposite scenario. Rather than calling your girlfriend when you forget to lock your house, you might want to just lock it remotely.

[jkestner]

That goes back to what someone else questioned: Should we not address the problem more directly with devices that take action themselves? All we've done here is move the interface off the physical object. Not much in the way of actual smarts. Requiring an owner to take action on a smartphone is a transitional phase.

[jkestner]

Ironically, fracturing has superficially improved security for the moment. Devices with the largest user base get a disproportionate amount of the attacks.