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EDIT 1: Adding Definition

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The internet of things (IoT) is the network of physical objects—devices, vehicles, buildings and other items—embedded with electronics, software, sensors, andnetwork connectivity that enables these objects to collect and exchange data. [1]

In 2013 the Global Standards Initiative on Internet of Things (IoT-GSI) defined the IoT as “the infrastructure of the information society.”

The IoT allows objects to be sensed and controlled remotely across existing network infrastructure,[2] creating opportunities for more direct integration of the physical world into computer-based

EDIT 2: Adding Greenfield Privacy, Panopticon discussion

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. Howard cautions, however, that privacy threats are enormous, as is the potential for social control and political manipulation.[146]

The concern over the privacy was led many to consider the possibility that Big Data infrastructures such as the IoT and Data Mining are inherently incompatible with privacy. Writer Adam Greenfield claims that these technologies are not only an invasion of public space but are also being used to perpetuate normative behavior, citing an instance of billboards with hidden cameras that tracked the demographics of passersby who stopped to read the advertisement.

The Council of the Internet of Things compared the increased prevalence of digital surveillance due to the Internet of Things to the conceptual panopticon described by Jeremy Bentham in the 18th Century. The assertion was defended by the works of French philosophers Michel Foucalt and Gilles Deleuze. Foucalt wrote in his novel Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison that the panopticon was a central element of the discipline society developed during the Industrial Era. Foucalt also argued that the discipline systems established in factories and school reflected Bentham’s vision of panopticism. In his 1992 paper "Postscripts on the Societies of Control,” Delueze wrote that Foucalt’s discipline society had transitioned into a control society, with the computer emerging as an instrument of discipline and control similar to that of a panopticon.

EDIT 3: UK Privacy

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In response to rising concerns about privacy and smart technology, in 2007 the British Government stated it would follow formal Privacy by Design  principles when implementing their smart metering program. The program would lead to replacement of traditional power meters with smart power meters, which could track and manage energy usage more accurately. However the British Computer Society is doubtful these principles were ever actually implemented. In 2009 the Dutch Parliament rejected a similar smart metering program, basing their decision on privacy concerns. The Dutch program later revised and passed in 2011.