In light of news about Samsung’s utter failure in securing their Tizen platform, I wanted to ask if the previous plans to move SmartThings hubs to Tizen have progressed, and what that status is.
tl;dr: an independent security researcher has found numerous inexcusable security holes riddled throughout Tizen. This isn’t just a single security breach, but a chain of breaches and poor design that puts the entire platform into question.
IF the SmartThings hubs are running Tizen, or will be running Tizen in the near future, I will be seriously considering dropping SmartThings for my home automation entirely. If it is still a ways out, I want to hear a commitment from the developer department of SmartThings that they will not push Tizen until it has passed reasonable security procedures. At this point, I would consider nothing less than a full, publicly documented and passed independent penetration test to feel safe using these products under Tizen.
This isn’t about toggling a bunch of lights anymore, folks. If you want to control our locks, and run our security cameras, you better be taking this extremely seriously.
I am directly responsible for the operating system and update portions of the Hub v2 and I can confirm that there are no plans to ever use Tizen on the Hub v2.
