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10 Nordic Principles for a Hyperconnected Planet

The traffic between the cloud and the SmartThings Hub is encrypted, making it very difficult for hackers to intercept, let alone to modify for malevolent ends. It might actually be the case that automation, even mediated through the cloud, will make our lives more rather than less secure. As Wired senior writer Mat Honan has documented, our recent hacking epidemic has largely exploited the human interface—the password. We’re always the weak link in online security, and in the Programmable World, our objects will carry out their business without needing us to get involved at all.