Depending on your outlook, the Internet of Things (IoT) is either an exciting frontier that promises to embed smartness into a world of unforgivably dumb objects or a gilded cage of expensive proprietary technology whose security standards we must take on trust.
Judging by the IoT products making their first appearance on the stands at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the industry is still careering gleefully towards the latter.
