The Future Joys of “The Internet of Things”
by Miki Saxon
Have you been hearing about the “Internet of Things?” Hearing how everything you use, everything you own will connect to the Net?
And I mean everything! Bill Gates is even funding development of a Net-enabled woman’s contraceptive.
Google is building Net-enabled, smart, self-driving cars.
The media claims that the Internet of Things will be world-changing.
Are you excited?
Some things are already available.
Whirlpool’s “smart” washing machine boasts Wi-Fi and a colored control screen, can be started from an iPhone app, and will text or email you when your clothes are ready to dry…
And there’s more excitement coming in the next few years.
Whirlpool said its “kitchen of 2020” would be piled high with not-exactly-necessary whirligigs: stove-tops that display the weather, Facebook photos and Pinterest recipes; music-playing refrigerators; oven burners that flame up via voice command.
There’s just one teeny-tiny, minor problem that I rarely see mentioned in all the news, excitement and hype.
Hacking.
Every system currently in existence has been or can be hacked.
What makes anyone think that the things of the Internet of Things won’t be hacked, too?
Flickr image credit: centralasian
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