The first few parts of this series have all been somewhat technical in nature; part 1 [https://www.troyhunt.com/iot-unravelled-part-1-its-a-mess-but-then-theres-home-assistant/] was how much of a mess the IoT ecosystem is and how Home Assistant aims to unify it all, part 2 [https://www.troyhunt.com/iot-unravelled-part-2-ip-addresses-network-zigbee-custom-firmware-and-soldering/] got into the networking layer with both Wi-Fi and Zigbee and in part 3 [https://www.troyhunt.com/iot-unravelled-par...

In part 1 [https://www.troyhunt.com/iot-unravelled-part-1-its-a-mess-but-then-theres-home-assistant/] of this series, I posited that the IoT landscape is an absolute mess but Home Assistant (HA) does an admirable job of tying it all together. In part 2 [https://www.troyhunt.com/iot-unravelled-part-2-ip-addresses-network-zigbee-custom-firmware-and-soldering/] , I covered IP addresses and the importance of a decent network to run all this stuff on, followed by Zigbee and the role of low power, lo...

In part 1 [https://www.troyhunt.com/iot-unravelled-part-1-its-a-mess-but-then-theres-home-assistant/] , I deliberately kept everything really high level because frankly, I didn't want to scare people off. I'm not ashamed to say that the process of getting even the basics working absolutely did my head in as I waded through a sea of unfamiliar technologies, protocols and acronyms. I wish I'd had just the fundamentals down pat before going deeper and that was my intention with the first part of th...

With the benefit of hindsight, this was a naïve question: > Alright clever IoT folks, I've got two of these garage door openers, what do you reckon the best way of connecting them with Apple HomeKit is? https://t.co/i0RmjSMkkD — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) April 25, 2020 [https://twitter.com/troyhunt/status/1253966820010127362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] In my mind, the answer would be simple: "Just buy X, plug it in and you're good to go". Instead, I found myself heading down the rabbit hole into a world...

This week, I've finally got a workable mobile setup with sufficient quality audio and video. As I explain in the video, this is ultimately achieved by the Sigma lens feeding into the Sony DSLR then via micro HDMI to the Elgato Cam Link 4K into my laptop via USB which then wifis over to my boat shed access point connected via ethernet over power to the server room and into the network. This seems unnecessarily hard... yet here we are. I'll be travelling from an extended period starting in a few w...

It's increasingly hard to know what to do with data like that from Cit0Day. If that's an unfamiliar name to you, start with Catalin Cimpanu's story on the demise of the service followed by the subsequent leaking of the data [https://www.zdnet.com/article/23600-hacked-databases-have-leaked-from-a-defunct-data-breach-index-site/] . The hard bit for me is figuring out whether it's pwn-worthy enough to justify loading it into Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) or if it's just more noise that ultimately doesn'...

This week's update had a load of questions so even whilst the planned content didn't consume a lot of time, audience engagement was great and I appreciate all the input. The big excitement for me was that Ubiquiti doorbell and whilst that might seem like a small thing, I'm absolutely loving it and the ability to answer it from anywhere whilst also integrating it into Home Assistant and triggering events like Sonos text to speech is really cool. Check it out in the links below or here me talk abo...

Alrighty, quickie intro before I rush off to hit the tennis court, catch up with old friends, onto the wake park before BBQ and, of course, 🍺. I'm doing a quick snapshot on how we're travelling down here COVID wise, I lament the demise (followed by resurrection) of my Ubiquiti network, there's a heap of new data breaches in HIBP and a bunch more insight into my guitar lessons (no, I'm not giving guitar lessons!) Enjoy 😊 [https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/troy-hunts-weekly-update-podcast/id1...

I've had this blog post in draft for quite some time now, adding little bits to it as the opportunity presented itself. In a essence, it boils down to this: people expressing their displeasure when I post about a topic they're not interested in then deciding to have a whinge that my timeline isn't tailored to their expectation of the things they'd like me to talk about. The key term in that sentence is "my timeline" and as most of this relates to Twitter, there's a very easy way to understand wh...

It was a bit of a slow start this week. "Plan A" was to use the new GoPro with the Media Mod [https://gopro.com/en/au/shop/mounts-accessories/hero8-black-media-mod/AJFMD-001.html] (including light and lapel mic) and do an outdoor session. This should really be much easier than it was with multiple issues ranging from connectivity drops to audio sync to simply not having a GoPro to tripod adaptor. I'll need to get on top of that before my big Xmas holiday trip and none of these are insurmountabl...