It's worse than that actually - any of these connected things may ship with malicious components that turn against you or the network at large: http://www.bbc.

It's worse than that actually - any of these connected things may ship with malicious components that turn against you or the network at large: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-24707337 http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-24707337 At some point, seemingly innocuous devices might be able leverage access to ambiant sounds and shared AC circuits to compromise local wireless networks in unconventional ways.