This smart home hub uses Tor to make IoT devices secure
by Ashley Carman from The Verge - All Posts on (#1N5F3)
I've ranted before about lacking security on Internet of Things devices. General consumers are often left to decipher the black box of security on their own or just resign themselves to having faith that companies make it a priority. The internet itself can be pretty insecure, too, which is why some people turn to Tor to help mask their identity. (Although Tor's been attacked as well.) Now, a non-profit called Guardian Project is taking Tor's technique for obscuring and encrypting users' identities and applying it to smart home devices.
Guardian Project took a Raspberry Pi and turned it into a smart hub that runs its new HomeAssistant software. The software acts like a Tor hidden service, which keeps server IP addresses hidden....