Re: [m2m-iwg] Consumer device security (was: M3DA presentation)

[Fabien Fleutot <fleutot@xxxxxxxxx>]

The issue which I was describing as solving itself was the move of specialized data management toward the cloud, whether internal IT departments liked it or not. Consumer market is quite trickier indeed.

As for X10, my personal experience is that:

• I'm not aware of an X10 hub which is generic and doesn't suck;
• I don't trust cheap X10 devices to integrate seamlessly in an ecosystem I'd build at home.

Let's do the mandatory comparison with the mother of all consumer market redefinitions, the iPhone introduction: before Apple demonstrated the level of usability required for non-uber-geeks to want a smartphone,

I'm sure legacy vendors were puzzled about why people wouldn't buy more of their stuff, and blamed anything but the clumsiness of the experience they were offering.

For X10 or a competitor to take off, we need to be able to tell regular folks the following:

• Buy this $100-$200 box, plug it on your xDSL router;
• From now on, anything you'll buy with an "X10" logo on it at the DIY store will be easily accessible on your phone, on your home PC, on remote PCs;
• You won't need a geek's help to configure the gizmos, nor the hub, nor the router; your hardware will inspire you confidence, not fear.

We're still very far from there AFAIK, but I believe it's primarily a matter of great execution by a vendor. Just as before the iPhone, I'd never have dreamed of receiving an e-mail, with a video attached to it, from my mother's smartphone :)