10 things about Internet of Things
- All the IoT devices will have their own friggin lasers and LEDs, each blinking in an annoying POST and live patterns of their own.
- Each IoT device and vendor will have their own end-user agreement starting at 10 pages or so, "enhanced" with 5 additional pages quarterly
- Each IoT device will make different noises and plings (alerts, I'm alive, notices...) all day and all night long.
- IoT device firmware will be updated Samsung-style - every now and then first 12 months, then never.
- Just like the NSA and Facebook, there's not a single set of data that is deemed out of bounds and that a IoT vendor will refrain from logging and storing somewhere for a "improved user experience".
- The goal of IoT is to collect user data and sell in situ ads
- Each IoT device will use their own IP port and range of external access options will come as a surprise.
- IoT security is an add-on, not built in.
- 3rd party access to IoT devices and IoT logs will give you cheaper home/car/family/health insurance and become mandatory after a mandatory voluntary period.
- The vendor with the best IoT back end and ecosystem for 3rd parties will win.
