In my last blog, Attorneys will Impact the Internet of Things, I discussed that the IoT creates a significant risk to privacy and cybersecurity. Like so many other industries -- automotive, pharmaceutical, healthcare, environmental -- it's not until attorneys start suing developers and manufacturers, and juries render multi-million dollar verdicts against corporations, that security and safety become a priority in the IoT. Already our cars, watches, fridges, thermostats, doo

Anything connected to the Internet can be hacked. With the Internet of Things (IoT), everything is being connected to the Internet. Therefore, everything will eventually become hackable. This is how Bruce Schneier starts his newest book, Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyber-connected World. As he puts it, everything is, or will be, a computer. A car is a computer on wheels, a plane is a computer in the air, a smartphone is a computer that makes