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Putting your kettle on the Internet of Things makes your wifi passwords an open secret

2015-10-23 21:52:01| Wireless - Topix.net

The $150 Smarter Ikettle lets you start your water boiling from anywhere in the world over the Internet -- and it also contains long-term serious security vulnerabilities that allow attackers to extract your wifi passwords from it. To connect to the Internet, the Ikettle needs to know your wifi password, which it stores in the clear in its memory.

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