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Internet of things (IoT) describes devices with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other communication networks.

Consumer impact summary

IoT devices can be invasive, unsecured, and are becoming more difficult to avoid in modern times:

IoT products may use a third-party Internet service to provide a service. This could be for information sharing (e.g. a camera feed or baby monitor), or for control and management of the device remotely (a Ring doorbell).

Some of these devices — though not many — can carry out their work indefinitely with no internet connections, such as being controlled locally on your LAN and not requiring servers for activation.

The term Internet of Things also refers to networks used specifically for these kinds of devices, like LoRa, though not all are proprietary.

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 '''Internet of things (IoT)'''  describes devices with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other communication networks.
-== Consumer-impact summary ==
+==Consumer impact summary==
-IoT devices can be invasive, unsecured,  and are becoming harder to avoid in modern times:
+IoT devices can be invasive, unsecured,  and are becoming more difficult to avoid in modern times:
-* IoT products may or may not use 3rd party Internet service to provide a service, this could be for information sharing, for example a camera feed or baby monitor, or for control and management of the device remotely, for example a Ring doorbell.
+*IoT products may use a third-party Internet service to provide a service. This could be for information sharing (e.g. a camera feed or baby monitor), or for control and management of the device remotely (a [[Ring]] doorbell).
-* Some of these devices (though not many) can carry out their work indefinitely with no internet connections, controlled locally on your LAN and not requiring servers for activation. A grey area happens with products like BRLite, for example, which will monitor you if it can, but the lights continue to work with newly installed APKs after grid down.
-* The term Internet of Things also refers to networks used specifically for these kinds of devices, like LoRa, though not all are proprietary.
+*Some of these devices — though not many — can carry out their work indefinitely with no internet connections, such as being controlled locally on your {{Wplink|LAN}} and not requiring servers for activation. <!--A grey area happens with products like BRLite, for example, which will monitor you if it can, but the lights continue to work with newly installed APKs after grid down.--><!-- Hiding the sentence until someone can explain what it means and in a clearer manner. -Sojourna -->
+*The term Internet of Things also refers to networks used specifically for these kinds of devices, like {{Wplink|LoRa}}, though not all are proprietary.
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