Glass Houses

Understandably, most of us choose to not really think about government surveillance. It's scary, and we're pretty sure it's already so out of control there's nothing we can do about it. Where is that line between security and the total loss of privacy, anyway? Well, it's snaked its way a little closer to home, as in in your home. James Clapper, our director of national intelligence, put it like this: “In the future, intelligence services might use the [internet of things] for identification, surveillance, monitoring, location tracking, and targeting for recruitment, or to gain access to networks or user credentials.” What things are we talking about? Computers and cell phones, of course, but also cars, TVs (and Xbox Kinects), nanny cams, toys: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/10/internet-of-things-surveillance-smart-tv-cars-toys?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Version+CB+header&utm_term=156010&subid=15193625&CMP=ema_565