I get that but it just seems like a silly vulnerability that I am guessing many people do not consider. I know I didn't until someone mentioned it in here.
This is an emerging technology. Eventually Alexa and Google Assistant and whatever else will come already pre-loaded on your door lock, or refrigerator or whatever and you will be able to speak with the devices directly and they will integrate with all devices seamlessly. But the security protocols are lagging way behind the introduction of the IoT and that is something more people should consider before jumping into the deep end with this stuff.
Real stuff begins here: There are exploits and options for abuse in these devices that normals like us haven't even remotely considered. And it's not just these devices, there are more and more stories about the cyber-security of our nations infrastructure in general (good info from
Vice with to links to stories about how it's not as bad as I think right now, but how it easily could be). We need to be more focused on cyber-security as a nation. I am still shocked on a daily basis when I read about people still just
blindly clicking phishing links or ignorantly opening malicious executables in their email, aren't you? And that stuff has consequences.
I totally get that I am thinking about the security end perhaps too much but if I'm going to have the opportunity to wire my whole home, which I want to do, it's better to lay out a good infrastructure plan to protect my data (and my home) now rather than try to integrate one later.