Does anybody have anecdotes about the IOT being a mixed blessing?


I ask because my daughter recently moved into a new "smart" home - everything in the house, from the doorbell to the washing machine to the central heating, can be accessed from her mobile phone. Which is undoubtedly a blessing of the right sort, but shortly after moving in she was awakened in the very early hours of the morning by the doorbell. It wasn't ringing, but it was talking to her mobile phone to say the built-in camera had picked up an intruder. Nervously she watched the video feed, to see a heavily wrapped-up man walk boldly up to her door, momentarily disappear, then reappear, jump in a van and drive off. She woke her partner, who dutifully went to investigate, but found nothing untoward in the darkness. Next morning, after a sleepless night, she set off for work, fully intending to email the footage to the police - to find a new plant pot by the door, containing a complementary delivery and an order form from the local milkman...


Over to you...