Pseudonymous Sep 12, 2025

In the 1800s the nascent home appliance industry saw homeowners dying and sometimes burning their neighborhoods down, so they created #UnderwritersLaboratories (U.L.) to solve the problem. They started independently testing appliances to make certain they were using the new #Technology safely. Since #China's been sending hoverboards that catch fire and worse, #UL recently opened branches in China as well. The next step? Keeping up with new technology by developing a certification for WiFi and Bluetooth devices to protect your home. Guess what that led to?

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https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/12/brendan-carrs-baseless-xenophobia-derails-new-fcc-internet-of-things-iot-device-security-standards

Brendan Carr’s Baseless Xenophobia Derails New FCC ‘Internet Of Things’ (IOT) Device Security Standards

For many, many years security experts have warned that the “internet of things” (IOT) (or the myriad “smart home” devices we have scattered around our homes) was a security …

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ITSEC NewsJul 23, 2020
Episode 186: Certifying Your Smart Home Security with GE Appliances and UL - In this episode of the podcast (#186) we do a deep dive on the new IoT cyber security rating system ... more: https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/631261304/0/thesecurityledger~Episode-Certifying-Your-Smart-Home-Security-with-GE-Appliances-and-UL/ #internetofthings #generalelectric #underwriterslab #topstories #companies #smarthome #standards #consumer #podcasts
Episode 186: Certifying Your Smart Home Security with GE Appliances and UL |

In this episode of the podcast (#186) we do a deep dive on the new IoT cyber security rating system from Underwriters' Lab with experts from UL and GE.