the internet of things task for e-skills

1. Sebastien Vandaele
The internet of things
What shouldn’t be connected and why?
The devices you own shouldn’t be connected to your personal data and important
information like bank details.
What’s the biggest risk associated with the Internet of Things?
The biggest risk that comes with the internet of things, is hackers. The devices at the
moment have poor security and this is already proven in the past by numerous cyber-
attacks. Some of the attacks include; Mirai botnet and the Senrio Devil’s Ivy attack. With the
Mirai botnet, there was the flaw of weak default logins. These were easily hacked and they
often couldn’t be changed. This allowed the hackers to easily take over the weak device.
The Senrio Devil’s Ivy attack used a flaw which was common in many devices. The hackers
would access a vulnerable device and take it over by restoring it to the factory settings.
When someone put in their password, the hackers could take over the whole network the
device was on.
Can we reasonably translate our experiences and emotions into
algorithms?
Computers do not have emotions, there is not a single computer that gets angry when you
shut it off. In order to give it emotions, someone would have to write a code which says how
the computer should feel in every single situation. Emotions are something so complex that
it is almost impossible to put it in an algorithm. The human race has some basic emotions
that every culture has and this is imbedded into us when we are born. These aren’t taught,
so in order to teach them to a computer would take too long.
As technology gets smarter, will our abilities to think, feel and act be
affected?
With the evolution of technology, there are things going to change. The idea of what can
happen in the future is going into the realm of science fiction. Scientist are now already
looking for technology to help us do certain things. Further in the future, there is a big
chance that technology will be incorporated into our bodies and that it will enhance certain
capabilities.

2. Sebastien Vandaele
What decisions can or cannot be delegated to smart things?
Smart things shouldn’t be given the decision over a moral choice. An algorithm doesn’t
know sympathy, so it would just calculate certain chances and probabilities. The devices
should give us all the information, but we have to make the choice.
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