Malware infects fridge

It has recently come to light that connected devices have been sending spam http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25780908 So malware can now infect your fridge - at least its communications system - can it also infect its control system?

The Current on CBC just did (20 January 2014)  a really well constructed program on the issue. http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2014/01/20/whats-hidden-among-the-internet-of-things/

Okay, so that is one issue your fridge gets infected. But there is another issue why do companies want to connect your fridge in the first place? They sell it as smart to you but what's in it for you - they want your data.

In an interview on the program Prof Avner Levin, Director of The Privacy and Cyber Crime Institute, at Ryerson voiced many of the concerns dear to this blog. The legal structures are not just out of date but the very concepts they are based on are last century.

One person interviewed on the program linked about called for more informed consent - but is that workable - we would be inundated with paper.

So another example of the need for a more concerted effort to research new legal concepts.So the story continues....