The Internet of Things involves just about everything in your house being connected to the internet in different ways – and that means a big security headache. What, for instance, if your kettle could give away your wi-fi password to hackers?

Source: BBC

Date: June 6th, 2015

Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32978561 

Discussion

1) What is the Internet of Things?

2) “A directional aerial (antenna) and some simple hacking software, a couple of commands and you can have the wifi key in plain text”. Take a look on Amazon.com and then do a quick Google search on “simple hacking” or “beginning hacking” to see what resources are freely available to enable you to gain access to Internet of Things devices. What is an “ethical hacker” in this context?