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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe 'Internet of Things' pits George Jetson vs. George Orwell
Seriously?
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/internet-things-pits-george-jetson-vs-george-orwell-6C10462818
But this time, the stakes are much higher. Its a full-on cage match between George Jetson and George Orwell.
Maybe it's a miracle to think about high-tech insulin pumps that patients never need to touch, while doctors control them from thousands of miles away. But what happens when a hacker hijacks that insulin pump or simply threatens to hijack it, and messages the patient that he'd better pay a ransom to keep it functioning properly? Those runaway gadgets from "The Jetsons" cartoon might not be such a laughing matter in real life.
We already have an Internet of Things your PC, laptop, tablet, everything already connected to the Internet. What the "IoT" crowd means by "things" is "everything." They want to attach tiny computers and sensors to just about every object in the world, and make them all talk to each other.
Not to mention - how will the NSA keep track of all those devices? /sarc
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)to change it's oil, I would go out of my mind if my Goodwill clothes started nagging me too.
There may be people who will embrace this, but I will not be one of them.
silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]"Opting out" shouldn't be too hard. Just find and kill the chip or whatever makes the friggin' things work.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)I don't want to pay for the technology in the first place. That chip that I have to destroy will have a cost associated with it, and I will be paying for it.
Anyways, that chip will probably be like those anti-theft things they put on in stores, and will ruin the item it is it "removed".
This scares me.
silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]We'll have to see how this evolves and figure it out as we go.