Here’s the scariest part about the Internet of Things

[Commentary] From ovens to garage doors to insulin pumps to vehicles, many of our devices are going to be connected to the Internet in the same sense that our phones are now. Some products are already on the market; one company, SmartThings, sells devices that help consumers control their lights and locks while they're not at home, for example. Eventually, these items will be able to respond to signals from one another independent of human input. That could be great, but it also vastly expands the universe of things that could go wrong, particularly when it comes to privacy. This might seem obvious, until you consider that many of the businesses that make these devices have never really needed to worry about securing their products before. Although the folks who make dishwashers may be fantastic engineers, or even great computer programmers, it doesn't necessarily imply they're equipped to protect Internet users from the outset. "It's not just that the consumers don't understand the technology," said Jeff Hagins, co-founder of SmartThings. "It's also that the people building it don't understand it." Securing that data is something that even big-name tech companies struggle with.