Analysts say we'll have 50 billion things connected to the Internet within the next five years. Everything will be connected, from your car to your cat, your bathroom to your bike helmet. Sounds cool, right? But where is all this data going and being stored? When you have cameras everywhere — including the fridge and bathroom mirror — who can potentially see you, your kids, your entire life? Who is protecting you in this exploding Internet of Things?
All of the information generated by these crafty pieces of smart-everythings is going somewhere, and that means that someone is probably already working on a way to exploit it. Hackers have already taken control of home appliances, medical devices like insulin pumps, gaming consoles, and even baby monitors. In one case, someone hacked an Internet-connected camera and used it to scream obscenities into a baby nursery.
