Buried in Paragraph 14 of your lease:

"Tenant agrees to the installation of smart building technologies for safety and efficiency."

That's it. That's the consent. You didn't negotiate it. You didn't opt out. You took the lease or you took the street.

And the data flows to brokers, insurers, and police, often without a warrant.

Ep.25 of Impractical Privacy talks the "Smart Building" trap.

๐ŸŽง@ impracticalprivacy.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

#Privacy #TenantRights #SmartHome #IoT

A Mirai-based botnet (xlabs_v1) is now exploiting Android Debug Bridge to hijack IoT devices for DDoS campaigns. ADB โ€” a developer tool meant for testing โ€” quietly left open on production devices. The gap between "useful during dev" and "hardened before shipping" remains one of IoT's most persistent puzzles. ๐Ÿค– #infosec #IoT #botnet
https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/mirai-based-xlabsv1-botnet-exploits-adb.html
Mirai-Based xlabs_v1 Botnet Exploits ADB to Hijack IoT Devices for DDoS Attacks

xlabs_v1 botnet exploits ADB port 5555 to recruit IoT devices, enabling 21 DDoS methods and bandwidth-tiered attacks on gaming servers

The Hacker News
Intersec Shanghai 2026 | Security & Safety Technology Expo

Intersec Shanghai 2026 takes place May 7โ€“9 at NECC Shanghai, showcasing AI security, surveillance, fire protection, robotics, and safety technologies with 150+ exhibitors and 80,000+ visitors.

China Business Forum

TechRadar (@techradar)

Blink Doorbell 2K+๊ฐ€ ์œ ์„ ยท๋ฐฐํ„ฐ๋ฆฌํ˜•์œผ๋กœ ์ถœ์‹œ๋๊ณ , ๋ฏธ๊ตญ ๊ตฌ๋…์ž๋Š” AI๊ฐ€ ์ƒ์„ฑํ•œ ์˜์ƒ ์„ค๋ช…์„ ํœด๋Œ€ํฐ์œผ๋กœ ๋ฐ›์•„๋ณผ ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ๊ฒŒ ๋๋‹ค.

https://x.com/techradar/status/2052105654475841719

#smarthome #ai #videoanalysis #iot #consumertech

TechRadar (@techradar) on X

The Blink Doorbell 2K+ is available in wired and battery-powered versions, and US subscribers can get AI-generated video descriptions sent to their phones. https://t.co/HSaZ7MDz1V

X (formerly Twitter)
Toradex Zinnia Linux IoT Gateway offers dual GbE, WiFi 5, 4G LTE, I/Os, and simplified software deployment

Toradex Zinnia is an industrial IoT gateway based on the company's Verdin system-on-module, powered by a choice of NXP or Texas Instruments SoC, with dual Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 5, Bluetooth 5, optional 4G LTE or 5G connectivity, a few USB ports, an I/O connectors, and a wide 9-36V power supply range. The first model is based on an NXP i.M 8M Plus SoM with 4GB LPDDR5 and 32GB eMMC flash preloaded with the company's Torizon OS Linux distribution. Other SoM available are based on TI AM62/AM62P, NXP i.MX 8M Mini, or NXP iMX 95. The gateway targets edge AI and industrial automation, smart cities, and energy infrastructure. Toradex Zinnia specifications: SoC โ€“ NXP i.MX 8M Plus CPU โ€“ Quad-core Cortex-A53 processor @ 1.6/1.8 GHz, Arm Cortex-M7 real-time core @ 800 MHz GPU โ€“ Vivante GC7000UL OpenGL ES 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, OpenCL 1.2, Vulkan support AI accelerator โ€“ 2.3 TOPS NPU

CNX Software - Embedded Systems News

Your landlord doesn't just own the walls. They own the data.

Smart locks. Thermostats. Water sensors. They are logging your comings, goings, and habits to the cloud. And you didn't choose them.

Stop renting a surveillance node. Start reclaiming your sanctuary.

๐ŸŽง Ep 25 is live: impracticalprivacy.com

#ImpracticalPrivacy #TenantRights #DigitalPrivacy #Privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism #DigitalRights #RentersRights #SmartHome #IoT

Day Zero of the AI Revolution: Start Here #IoT https://twp.ai/E5BY6b
Day Zero of the AI Revolution: Start Here - Connected World

Today, AI (artificial intelligence) is reshaping business fast, but there is still a gap. This is precisely the conversation that is happening at IBM Think this week, May 4-7, in Boston, Mass., as we explore day zero of the AI revolution.

Connected World - IoT and Digital Transformation

@homeassistant 2026.5 Is Releasing Today! ๐Ÿš€

Check out๐Ÿ‘‡ the updates early in under 7 minutes.

https://youtu.be/ET58g2_d6ZI
#homeassistant #smarthome #iot #update

Home Assistant 2026.5 May Release In 7 Minutes | RF & Serial Port Proxy, New Dashboard Cards & More

YouTube

Does the Swiss cheese have holes or do the holes have Swiss cheese?

A long list of Cisco vulnerabilities popped up today, four of them high severity.

Cisco: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/publicationListing.x @TalosSecurity #Cisco #infosec #vulnerability #IoT

@cR0w

Security Advisories

#Javaโ€™s FFM #API removes one of the biggest barriers in embedded development: complex native bindings. @FrankDelporte shows how #Pi4J enables simpler, faster, leaner hardware integration on #RaspberryPi.

Learn what changes for your projects https://javapro.io/2026/04/01/the-ffm-api-openjdk-changed-the-game-for-native-interactions-and-javaonraspberrypi/

#IoT @Pi4J