That may be true for some, but I suspect most of these internet-based devices are little more than an excuse to get on the surveillance-as-a-business-model bandwagon. All you need is a clever excuse to gather a new type of data that isn&#x27;t currently being collected, and you have something to sell to &quot;big data&quot;.<p>Fortunately, even the non-technical people I know have started to wake up to these scams, and are now avoiding any &quot;smart&quot; product.