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Discussions about the IoT generally go in one of two directions: we re either headed for a rosy future or a dystopia. Whatever the impact, it s bound to be big with an estimated 25 billion networked devices coming online by 2020. In this insightful book, author Sean Smith explains that if we build the IoT the way we built the current Internet, we re headed for trouble. He offers concrete answers rather than questions and fear. This is not the first time that information technology has taken quantum leaps into new territory. Smith, who began working in information security long before the Web, provides several examples of past forays into the future that went wrong because of simple flaws. You ll explore what he calls "design patterns of insecurities" and what developers, engineers, industrial designers, makers, and researchers can do to avoid or fix them in the nascent IoT.
About the Author
Sean Smith is the UK's leading celebrity biographer and the author of the number one bestseller Cheryl, as well as Sunday Times bestselling books about Tom Jones, Robbie Williams, Tulisa and Kate Middleton. His books about the most famous people of our times have been translated throughout the world. His subjects include Adele, George Michael, Ed Sheeran, the Spice Girls, Kylie Minogue, Gary Barlow, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Alesha Dixon, Jennifer Aniston and J. K. Rowling. The film Magic Beyond Words: The J. K. Rowling Story was based on his biography of the Harry Potter author. Described by the Independent as a 'fearless chronicler', he specializes in meticulous research, going 'on the road' to find the real person behind the star image.His latest book, Meghan Misunderstood, is a biography of Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex.www.seansmithceleb.com
