IoT Security
Local Water Meter Monitoring: Privacy, Radio Data, and Safe SetupNew!!
Build a receive-only water-monitoring workflow without opening or modifying utility equipment. Check authorization, radio and cloud dependencies, data retention, leak alerts, and what detailed usage can reveal about a household.
Repairable Smart-Home Device Checklist: Parts, Recovery, and Cloud ExitNew!!
Before the return window closes, verify replaceable service parts, local operation, firmware support, documented reset and re-pairing, backup and recovery, and a workable exit from the vendor's hub or cloud.
IoT Device Security Checklist: Firmware, Updates, and End of Support
Review an IoT device's firmware source, update and recovery path, vulnerability-disclosure record, exposed services, support dates, and isolation options before purchase and at each lifecycle review.
IoT Isolation for Homelabs: VLANs, Firewall Rules, and mDNS
A practical IoT isolation guide that keeps smart-home devices usable while protecting trusted clients, servers, and management networks.