The ‘internet of things’ is sending us back to the Middle Ages

The ‘internet of things’ is sending us back to the Middle Ages
Joshua A.T. Fairfield, The Conversation, 2017/09/14
I don't think this author is telling us anything we don't already know, but there's a nice analogy in the retelling. Basically, there are two points being made: first, our devices (collectively known as the Internet of Things (IoT)) are reporting back to advertisers and marketers through backchannels; and second, we do not own full rights to our devices, but merely license the software that is used to run them. More...