The title is horribly wrong; this is not "Taking the Internet out", it's further entrenching it in the devices. Like the other posters here, I'd like to see lo

The title is horribly wrong; this is not "Taking the Internet out", it's further entrenching it in the devices. Like the other posters here, I'd like to see local-only devices that _don't_ connect to the Internet. It's pretty hard to do this securely and easily, though: - We can't reliably get proper HTTPS certs for local devices (think e.g. a router admin page) - We can't reliably discover local services (I know about bonjour / mDNS, but it's flaky at best) I think we as a community need to step up and provide a compelling open-source solution; the industry will follow. Look at what happened with 3D printers: Open-source moved first and established interoperable, open standards (g-code, STL files, filaments) and the industry had no choice but to follow, otherwise they'd be considered inferior. We need to do something similar with IoT.