Beside the fact that you should be concerned about whether the controlling company goes out of business, or sells your data, here stands yet another reason to never trust devices that require an internet connection to activate in the first place, or phone home periodically to remain active.

This includes phones, cars, self-driving cars, watches, farm equipment, computing devices and anything marketed as an IoT appliance.

One glitch, as minor as an improper system time, and you’re dead in the water.