Samsung is rolling out a new way to secure smart devices, and it apparently involves putting them on the blockchain. At the Samsung Developer Conference today, the company announced the Samsung Knox Matrix, an unreleased security solution that will include a “private blockchain system” to protect Galaxy devices, TVs, appliances and more.
Samsung is vague on how it will all work, but says Knox Matrix protects the smart home ecosystem with “multi-layer mutual monitoring”.
The company also claims that Knox Matrix can share credentials from one device to another, while securing the information shared between them to make logging in easier without compromising security. Samsung’s example suggests that with Knox Matrix, your phone’s links to stream video on a TV or to control an air conditioner are now safer.
Samsung adds that the system offers a “unified security SDK” [software development kit]” about the operating systems used by Samsung devices, including Android, Tizen, and others. The system expands on Samsung’s existing Knox platform, which protects its smartphones, tablets and wearables against hackers at the hardware and software level. Details about the Knox Matrix system are still scarce, however; it is unknown when it will become generally available and on which devices.
