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Sure, but can you do all the programming needed? IFTTT is great, but I need more than If and then

I think I need if then else and or...

Agree. I wouldn't be comfortable not knowing who is doing what with information gleaned from my devices and behavioral patterns.

Our mobile phones and mobile apps are in the #IOT today...and they provide lots information... we provide that for free services

In our new paper ibm.biz/devicedemocr... users and devices are in control of their own privacy

@pbrody I can't do all of the programming but there needs to be a continuum of services from self service to full services. No one person can define all of the innovations possible in the #IOT. Think #IFTTT and #Zapier, etc..for self service...

Software cannot "eat the world" unless it becomes essentially invisible to consumer and easier to developers.

Agreed, but without security and privacy, the internet elite won't adopt.

Everyone's view has changed in the last two years, and innovation is still key, but security is close behind.

Trust and security is intrinsic, peer mediated, and highly distributed in Block Chain technology #IFA2014 #IoT @IBMIBV

I would argue that without security and privacy even the best innovations would struggle for adoption

The stack being proposed for the new #IoT model in the paper is all about peer-to-peer, decentralized and naturally makes trusting and knowing every peer unnecessary.

Whoever understands the scale and builds to address it. Whoever stops trying to own it but instead works towards enabling the billions of players to work together seamlessly and help build marketplaces.

So it is not the manufacturers then, will it be Apple? Google? Best Buy? Amazon?

Oh, you want privacy with that connected toilet seat? Sorry. No can do. :)

The reality is, it's not so great. Too much of #IoT is about serving advertisers, not customers.

@pbrody LOL right no can do...

IMO a new set of security concerns are emerging, where your devices could become the means to steal and snoop

To add to sanjay's point, how can you help your device become smart enough to handle that?

IoT makes securing the enterprise more complex and may call for new privacy law??

@SureshNarahari interesting thought ... smartphones suing each other :-). Jokes apart, good point

@psanjay13 IMO the more capable you make the devices themselves, the more you empower the owner / user to make decisions, the less complicated laws have to be.

Good point! I think it will come from the analytic's side, rather than from devices. We can create ton's of different devices, but if you don't know how to operate with them - it is useless. You should explain how to get a value from these devices.

Perhaps it will evolve to a point where there is a little bit of analytics in every device; self servicing washers anyone?

I love @ifttt I wish everything was so elegant online

More realism, perhaps, but still IoT not yet showing really compelling user value.

I felt IoT represents a natural evolution from the era of smarter products. Still early stages, and we need to see how the services and devices can scale

here you can see what IBM customer say:http://www.diehl.com...

This is definitely not a fad. Billions and billions of devices are coming. The question is when? We're still waiting for evidence of compelling value.

It is not a fad. Connected things going to be future. I see today in the news that Adelaide govt signed with Cisco on IOT for smartercity project. So things are moving.