Are "smart" home appliances a dead end in IT evolution?

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According to him, protocol standards do not include any methods, specific solutions or mechanisms for ensuring security: neither the LoRaWAN RU standard nor the NB-IoT standard establishes security requirements; security issues are separate objects and aspects of standardization and are subject to study within the framework of research work for various scenarios for the use of these technologies; with regard to the use of the LoRaWAN RU protocol, there are all the necessary methods and variable tools for ensuring security, which means that it is quite suitable for use both in a smart home and in a smart city.Russians have increasingly begun to use smart home systems. This was reported by PJSC MegaFon on the company's official website. According to the results of April 2024, sales of goods in this category in rubles increased by 43%, and in pieces - by 54% compared to the same period in 2023.

In April 2024, buyers purchased smart sockets, weather stations, motion, temperature and humidity sensors in large quantities. In addition to Muscovites, smart home systems are often purchased by residents of the Novosibirsk and Nizhny Novgorod regions, St. Petersburg and the Samara region. In the portable technology segment, sales of tablets and e-books have grown significantly by the beginning of the country recreation season (an increase of 18%). The top buyer preferences are gadgets from the Russian brand Topdevice, the Korean Samsung and various Chinese brands.

Demand for routers increased by 31% in April, and for mobile routers with a SIM card by 12%. They are mainly purchased by Muscovites, St. Petersburg residents, residents of Krasnodar Krai, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and Samara Oblast.

Sales Director of PJSC MegaFon David Borzilov noted the increased interest of buyers in the smart home product category: "In addition to the seasonal factor (summer cottage season), this was also influenced by the significant expansion of the product range presented on the domestic market."

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On February 6, 2024, MegaFon tunisia whatsapp number database published data showing that in 2023, demand for smart home products in the combined retail network of MegaFon and Yota increased by 90%. The popularity of smart speakers has grown, with sales more than doubling in a year.

A representative of the press service of PJSC Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) told a ComNews correspondent that in April 2024, sales of electronics in the MTS retail network increased by almost 20% compared to April 2023: "Smart watches and fitness trackers were of the greatest interest among our customers - sales of wearable devices increased by 64% in units. The top three popular products also include routers, an increase of 51%, and smart home products - an increase of 45%. High demand for routers was recorded in Moscow and the Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Bashkortostan, Sverdlovsk and Samara regions."

"Both for the LoRaWAN RU protocol and for the NB-IoT protocol, Russian encryption algorithms must be used to transmit data. But the choice of specific data encryption algorithms is determined by the developer of the end device depending on its intended purpose and current regulatory documents, including for critical information infrastructure," added Nikita Utkin.

Alexander Cherny notes that GOST R 71168-2023, which describes the LoRaWAN standard, specifies the necessary parameters to ensure traffic protection both at the wireless network level and at the application level, but does not define the requirements for the network server security system, which should be the subject of separate consideration.

"With the correct implementation of encryption algorithms, the LoRaWAN standard provides a good level of protection for transmitted data. In addition, certified Russian cryptographic protection tools can be implemented in subscriber devices and the application server to ensure end-to-end encryption of traffic, so information about the insufficient security of the LoRaWAN standard can be classified as myths," explains Alexander Cherny.