Is CNBC Technology news usually good? Because that article is weird. For one thing, the Internet of Things has been in the news 201[6] mostly for being so eminently hackable. Internet connected things that aren't actively policed by their users get to have known properties, like baked-in passwords that can't be changed or default passwords that never are changed, and - BAM! - welcome to the wonderful world of botnets. The
Mirai botnet is 201[6]'s most famous IoT's contribution. And do the 1% not watch Mr Robot? I guess not.