Apple’s iOS 11 unlocks a future for IoT
With its move to open up near field communication (NFC) support for developers in iOS 11, Apple just opened up to the most significant moment in the birth of the Internet of Things (IoT).
Hilton Hotels' connected door lock system
Hilton Hotels says the smartphone-based unlocking system it has been using at (now) 1,700 hotels across the U.S. and Canada has been used 11 million times without being breached once, reports the Financial Times. That’s significant because it suggests some of the security problems that impacted first-generation connected IoT devices are being worked out.
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