The Internet of Things is great — if, that is, you like the Internet and you also own some things.

Until this week, the Internet of Things vision had a fatal flaw. But now, it has two fatal flaws.

To avoid hyperbole, let me be clear that these flaws are fatal to the vision, but not necessarily to your things that are connected to the Internet.

Hoo-boy. Three paragraphs in, and I’ve already got a lot of explaining to do. But stick with me. The payoff is worth it.

I’m going to describe the vision, then the flaws. And then I’m going to tell you what I think is actually going to happen.

The Internet of Things vision

The Internet of Things idea is poorly understood. So I’m going to attempt the clearest explanation I can.

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