Well said. I'm just starting to get some IoT devices -- mostly because that is the only way certain things I want come -- but I would really rather have locali

Well said. I'm just starting to get some IoT devices -- mostly because that is the only way certain things I want come -- but I would really rather have localized control of these devices in my LAN than have them go out to the internet. (If my house is cut off from the 'net, but there is still power, I should be able to turn my light on and off! Extrapolating to a world where everyone has IoT devices and they work like today, it is more than a little disturbing to me that a third party could turn off people's HVACs, plunge them into darkness, and taunt them over their speakers). Devices in my home should be under my control. No one else should be involved. I grant the expedient part where these things all talk to the internet, so that they are easy to use, but there is every reason to believe that I should be able to control it on my own network, without it talking to the internet, and without having to resort to hacking my own hardware.