“It’s decentralized surveillance,” said Jeff Chester, executive director for the Center for Digital Democracy, a Washington-based digital privacy advocate. The research firm IDC projects that 1.3 billion smart devices will ship worldwide in 2022, twice as many as 2018. As for that smart toilet, Kohler’s Numi will respond to voice commands to raise or lower the lid — or to flush. New this year: Samsung’s washing machines can send alerts to its TVs — smart TVs, of course — so you know your laundry is ready while watching Netflix. The market for smart devices is still small, but growing.

Source: National Post January 07, 2019 15:00 UTC