IIRC, the Internet's first webcam was a view of a coffee pot to let people remotely see if it was full/empty; now, the coffee pot camera is used for surveillanc

IIRC, the Internet's first webcam was a view of a coffee pot to let people remotely see if it was full/empty; now, the coffee pot camera is used for surveillance. Seems like a microcosm of the entire Internet.