It's hard not to feel angry about this. Not only do I not personally want the things described in this post, I want them specifically not to make things like this. Until we have more fundamentally secure systems and laws that actually punish negligent companies for gross violations of security and privacy, IoT is not a domain to promote. There are so many other important issues with the web and the Internet right now that Mozilla could help with. This is such a waste of time and resources. Is there really some target audience that wants this stuff?
For the moment, it looks like IoT is happening, whether you want it or not. I live far, far away from the Silicon Valley and last week, when visiting the supermarket, I realized that they are already selling IoT-enabled devices.
So the question is now: how do you want your IoT? A number of companies have already answered: silos, low quality, little-to-no hackability, little-to-no privacy. Mozilla wants the IoT to go in the right direction: open standards, open source, high quality, and the user in control.
Caveat: I'm part of Mozilla's Project Link. And I'm having fun coding it :)
