Can’t say much specific. If you only knew.
This is just the beginning now that hackers have NSA malware tools:
Hacked IoT CVTV Cameras, DVRs Powered Today’s Massive Internet Outage — Krebs on Security
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/hacked-cameras-dvrs-powered-todays-massive-internet-outage/
US gov’t and IoT mfg consortium are becoming very aware of how vulnerable tens of Millions of Internet enabled devices are to being attacked and compromised.
https://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/internet-things
Incorporating security onto a device, ie: Internet enabled thermostat, camera, light bulb, AFTER mfg, is Very difficult.
Most devices were not designed with security controls from the beginning, and changing hardware, firmware and software after the fact can be impossible.
BTW: I remember reading decades ago about Hopi Indian predictions for our world’s final stage.
Legends told there would come a day when our tools would actually attack and massacre mankind.
Hmmm, kinda prescient - Hacker, meet SkyNet...
Still like the idea of your Tv watching you , or your internet connected DVR being used for cyber warfare, or ..
how about that convenient refrigerator that will show you that you are low on Milk or eggs ? Think about it !
Anything appliance/tool/ machine that is online most of the time, with no security program can be used as a tool against you, or the nation, or mankind.
Or the fridge that tells the neighborhood kid that you aren't home, and are off on vacation.
See how careless we can get for convenience sake, and then transform that to giving up personal freedoms for safety sake, and then it isn't all that convenient.