I may be getting paranoid (at least my wife thinks so), but every time I hear/read about the internet of things, all that is said is how wonderful it will be to have everything interconnected and accessible from anywhere you happen to be. However, after all the revelations about the collection and misuse of meta data, it seems to me that the potential for abuse once my entire home is online is enormous. We already know what can be inferred from phone meta data. What inferences could be made when outside agencies know the frequency of use devices like my fridge, stove, air-conditioner and possibly even my light switches and toilet. When my TV is online and data on my viewing habits is routinely collected, what will that tell the watchers about me?
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Jump to PostI don't get the internet of things at all. Why do I need my toaster to text me that it has finished my toast??? It used be so inefficient dinging a bell, next they will figure out how to make it automatically turn off and eject the bread (oh wait....)
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Jump to PostI'm actually surprised we haven't had more incidents of people's credit card information being stolen from those "tap n' go" cards. Lots have people have shown how anybody can collect it using a laptop several feet away from the cashier. Banking apps on phones aren't much better since most cell …
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