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Inside the tech of Thread

YOU WILL LEARN

> Why Thread could be the tech which brings your smart home together at last – and could potentially unify the Internet of Things.

The Thread smart home comms protocol operates via a widely known and understood standard

It’s packed with protocols that just aren’t up to scratch, communication methods which rely on archaic technology, nodes which have poor security. And given that everything on the IoT needs to be individually addressable to be effective, the quickly diminishing pool of potential IPv4 addresses may soon cause serious problems not

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