When the Internet of Things Starts to Feel Like the Internet of Shit

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http://motherboard.vice.com/read/when-the-internet-of-things-starts-to-feel-like-the-internet-of-shit

By LORENZO FRANCESCHI-BICCHIERAI
STAFF WRITER
Motherboard.vice.com
December 17, 2015

If you listen to tech companies’ marketing reps, the future is made of 
internet connected devices that seamlessly talk to each other, as well as 
your smartphone, and turn your good-old house into a truly sci-fi-esque 
smart home where you don’t even need to think about turning up the heat or 
turning off the lights. Behold the shiny and intelligent future of the 
Internet of Things.

What they don’t tell you is that as we put software into old-fashioned 
home appliances, there will be bugs that’ll make those appliances useless. 
The WiFi goes down? Put on a sweater because your smart thermostat might 
stop working. A lightbulb malfunctions? Your whole smart home stops 
working.

And with bugs, there will be hackers ready to exploit them, either to 
creep out babies through hackable baby monitors, or to steal Gmail 
credentials through smart fridges. But that hasn’t stopped companies and 
questionable visionaries from imagining internet connected air fresheners, 
toilet paper holders, and even jump ropes.

As more things from the Internet of Things start trickling into people’s 
homes, one Twitter account called “Internet of Shit” has been trying to 
shine a light into this bizarre and scary future with a steady stream of 
funny and smart (as in clever, not internet-connected) jokes.

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