Beware of intelligent appliances:
We have not hooked up our new dishwasher up to the Internet yet. Don’t plan on hooking it up. I don’t own a smart phone. So, I’m good. For now.
Yes but can you trust it not to connect itself behind you back? ;’}
Was reading a novel recently where the good guys got into the computer systems of the bad guy (who had computer security so impenetrable that it was thought that no one could hack past it) by getting into their smart thermostat.
Beware of intelligent appliances:
But you plugged in that computer. Your electric company knows when and how much power you’re using. The phone company records every number coming and going. Your bank rats out your transactions. Your credit card sends out every transaction, too. Your grocery store tells who knows whom that you bought a carton of 12 count large eggs last week. Your doctor’s office tells the world you had some sort of funky rash last time you were in and the pharmacy blabbed what meds you picked up. And NSA has a record of a video images of you going through the drive thru for a glazed donut and cup of coffee. The library wouldn’t tell your wife what book you’d reserved but they have a record of everything you’ve ever checked out to be used against you when Big Brother comes knocking. Have you bought a new car in recent years or fell for that tracker to lower your insurance? And that email you sent out last week that mentioned your cousin died was spied on by someone because 5 seconds later you got an incoming email for burial insurance.
The IoT relies on the false assumption that the majority of people will be willing to pay quite a bit more for items that perform mundane daily tasks in order to receive a minimal increase in functionality and the risk of collection of personal information.