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The 'internet of things' is sending us back to the Middle Ages

  • Written by Joshua A.T. Fairfield, Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University
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Internet-enabled devices are so common, and so vulnerable, that hackers recently broke into a casino through its fish tank. The tank had internet-connected sensors measuring its temperature and cleanliness. The hackers got into the fish tank’s sensors and then to the computer...

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