The zen of the Internet is this: it minimizes the significance of physical location from the interaction equation. This seems small, but is in fact huge: as any high school social studies student can tell you, most of human history is a story of &quot;Location, location, location.&quot;<p>This is the huge feature that the Internet of Things is built upon, but sadly, far too few players in this market have yet accepted the full ramifications of the feature---while all the devices you own are now functionally within speaking distance of each other, every criminal on the planet is <i>also</i> now within speaking distance of them.<p>Hopefully, more manufacturers will wise up to this concern. Until then, I&#x27;m rolling my own IoT solutions.