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The Internet of Things! Oh! That! The Internet… got it… Of… no problem… Things… nope you lost me.

When I first heard the term IoT I had no f*cking idea what it was and what it meant. Obviously it was made completely clear when I was told what it stood for…

How long did it take, and who came up with that catch phrase?  And why on earth did it stick?  Internet of Stuff would have been IOS and we can’t have Apple breathing down our necks. Internet of Devices? What stopped us there? The Institute of Directors perhaps? Those biz savvy suits play hardball about being top dog on the google search so we couldn’t usurp that acronym. So here we are with IoT.

Regardless of how we got here… IoT is a buzzword/acronym/TLA (three letter acronym)/phrase which only through the atrition of use is starting to become somewhat understood.

Defering to wikipedia (give that guy some money) it’s defined as: “The Internet of things (IoT) is the network of physical devices, vehicles, home appliances, and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity which enable these objects to connect and exchange data.”

Teddy “Creepy” Ruxpin

It’s that last bit… the “network connectivity” that is the critical new element that creates IoT.  We’ve had the “physical devices, vehicles, home appliances, and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators”…and of course the machine that goes “ping!” for a while now in the form of TVs, toasters, baby monitors, lawn mowers, ovens, heart monitors and teddy bears. Yes Teddy Bears. I’m thinking of that old scary Teddy Ruxpin thing from the 80s. It haunts me in my nightmares.

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This is one of those subjects that has struck everyone from the techno security guru to the average person who might simply be trying to do their job.  Ransomware brands such as Goldeneye, Petya (and its counterpart NotPetya), Cryptolocker, CryptoWall, Locky, WannaCry and very recently, Bad Rabbit (to name only a few) have been making headlines across the globe.

I’ll start by taking a quick step back and just define Ransomware before I discuss how it tricks us into letting it in the door. I'll then take you through the stages of it's existence and finally what we can do to be better in the face of quickly advancing and mutating Ransomware attacks.

2017 was the year of the Ransomware... or is it?  2018 is just around the corner so only time will tell.

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I’m in a taxi with my friend Sascha (names unchanged to torment the guilty) at about 3 in the morning and the taxi driver somehow ends up talking to us about whether he should buy or invest in Bitcoin.  Sascha pipes in first saying it’s a huge waste of time, it isn’t really worth anything and that anyone who buys Bitcoins should be thrown out of the taxi at high speed with their shirt off.   I may be paraphrasing and taking liberties but the message was clear.  He wasn’t pro-Bitcoin.

This podcast explores the debates, the opinion and the history surrounding this technology.  I've intentionally dated it 2017 because it's changing so fast, who knows, there might be a 2018 (and 2019) episode.

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Welcome to Codifyre Episode #0!

The focus of Codifyre is to discuss and ideally simplify complex technological concepts in such a way that the not only the average person can get a good idea of what it all means but also explain things in such a way that new students and even those with industry experience and expertise can learn from new perspectives and opinions.

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