Traffic Increases Lead to Security Concerns As a result of the advancements in both IP technology, and the increase in the number of data nodes that are actively capturing data and transmitting it to a server somewhere. As this traffic ramps up and more and more people start recording and transmitting data for their own personal reasons, issues like data privacy and security will become of critical importance as the IoT continues to evolve.
The IoT is Not New Although the term ‘The Internet of Things’ was not coined until around the turn of the century, it has been in effective practice for several decades. In fact, the first Internet equipped appliance was a soda machine at Carnegie Melon University built in the early ’80s.
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