Internet of Things

The Internet of Hacked Things

A New York Times Story Says Security is Going to be a Major Problem for the Internet of Things

Mark Roberti | August 16, 2015

Life—or, at least, the technology-adoption lifecycle—is so predictable. In October 2014, when we launched IOT Journal, I wrote, in an opinion column, "There is a lot of hype about the Internet of Things, and that hype will fade, just as it did for RFID and eventually does for all new technologies" (see The Internet of Things Journal).
Sure enough, the Internet of Things is losing its luster. 

Source: http://image.slidesharecdn.com/internet-of-things-insurance-industry-2015-150310075014-conversion-gate01/95/insurance-and-the-internet-of-things-iot-verizon-2015-1-638.jpg?cb=1426068000

<more at http://www.iotjournal.com/articles/view?13378Sent; related links: http://www.rfidjournal.com/articles/view?13262 (IOT Hype Begins to Fade; Consumer interest in smart home devices declined during the past year, indicating that Internet of Things technologies might be losing some of their luster. July 13, 2015) and http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-your-internet-home-devices-could-be-hacked/ (Your "smart" home devices can easily be hacked. February 13, 2015); further: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/opinion/zeynep-tufekci-why-smart-objects-may-be-a-dumb-idea.html (Why ‘Smart’ Objects May Be a Dumb Idea. August 10, 2015)>