&gt; They are oblivious to, and typically poor for, what the aggregate architectures look like at scale where you bring all of this IoT data together either logically or physically...<p>&gt; For starters, they need to be deeply aware of the spatial, temporal, and topological relationships between nodes...<p>I&#x27;m not totally clear on what you mean by this. Can you elaborate? It sounds to me like you&#x27;re commenting on the difficulties of implementing distributed sensor grids using existing IoT platforms (which is a very valid complaint), but not all IoT applications are meant for that. Yes, on the one side, smart electric meters connect to a smart grid, but on the other hand, smart thermostats may only need to connect to smart heaters (in the same home). Ideally the latter connection happens without ever talking to some server on the internet.<p>I agree, though, that IoT entirely breaks web architecture, even just on a logistical level. Forbes put out a meta-analysis last year (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;goo.gl&#x2F;S0IqvF" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;goo.gl&#x2F;S0IqvF</a>) projecting a doubling of internet-connected devices by 2020, with 75% of the expansion coming from non-traditional devices like sensor grids. Those tend to &quot;want&quot; to be servers a whole lot more than traditional devices, and assuming even 1% of that growth needs to be secured, you&#x27;re looking at about 50 times as many SSL certificates as have been issued total, to date, in the history of the internet.<p>We don&#x27;t just need new platforms, we need entire new protocols.