One day we will be so connected that the Feds could sneak their child porn collection into our “smart” appliances as a way to take down anyone they choose.
Is anyone putting it past the FBI at this point?
It's gotten to the point where I've become cynical of child porn arrests and find myself wondering, "Who did you piss off?"
I mean, when you think about it, there's really no better way to completely destroy someone than to brand them as a kiddie porn perv. There's no public redemption from that.
This is all very disturbing, to say the least. In this context, I don't want to be any more connected than I already am, and would definitely not spend extra money for appliances etc. that would do so. My refrigerator keeps things cold. My oven heats things up. I don't need to control them from my 'smart phone', or have them communicate with the outside world.
We should all remember that anything we fear can be done or used to harm us, can happen. It's interesting that there are many who are concerned about the unequal distribution of wealth, and income inequality, but who fail to see the great threat posed by unequal distribution and concentration of power.
When governments, and in particular those people held unaccountable within governments hold most or all of the power, we are not free and are at great risk.