15. Smart Problems: Big Brother Is Watching You
After 14 chapters of rose-colored predictions for the Internet of Things-enabled future, it’s time to discuss the flip side of all this smart technology. You know, where all the good things about the IoT get used against you.
Most of what’s potentially dangerous about the IoT concerns the data collected by the IoT’s smart devices. You see, the companies that sell you all those nifty smart devices will eventually know pretty much all there is to know about you. What you do in your home, in your car, at work, in the store, and within your community will be increasingly monitored and analyzed in ever more intrusive ways by corporations who want to sell you more stuff. It’s also possible—likely, actually—that ...
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