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

[T-Rob <t.rob.wyatt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, that clarifies it for me.

I think we are basically in agreement on the user experience and 
interface.  My only additional stipulations to what you've stated are:

The devices must behave at least as well as a dumb device of the same type 
if deployed without connectivity.
Once provisioned, the devices must continue to function when the network 
is down.
The devices must expose an API accessible to the local network.
The local transport must support pub/sub topologies.

The most compelling applications require correlation across many different 
device types and information sources.  They won't emerge until we have a 
legal and technological framework to aggregate and correlate it.  Right 
now, that's easy if the data and app both reside locally, very difficult 
if the data flows first to vendors.  Hence, local data, API and inquiry is 
Apple in this scenario whereas encrypted tunnel of data back to the vendor 
is Palm, even with a really good phone app to back it up.

-- T.Rob




From:   Fabien Fleutot <fleutot@xxxxxxxxx>
To:     m2m Industry Working Group <m2m-iwg@xxxxxxxxxxx>, 
Date:   03/18/2013 02:24 PM
Subject:        Re: [m2m-iwg] Consumer device security (was: M3DA 
presentation)
Sent by:        m2m-iwg-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx



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 :)
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