Regulate That Hairbrush? Cyberlaw Experts Say Maybe
"In 2003 there were an estimated 500 million internet-connected devices. By 2020 it is predicted there will be 50 billion, according to Travis LeBlanc, recently resigned chief of enforcement at the Federal Communications Commission.
Their proliferation means an exploding amount of information is being handled in ways that threaten the privacy and security of people, corporations and countries, he said.
As the keynote speaker at the University of Maryland's Feb. 10 symposium on The State of Cyberlaw: Security and Privacy in the Digital Age, LeBlanc pointed out that everything from smartphones to automobiles to toasters are now connected to the internet. Even hairbrushes.
“Seriously, a hairbrush? Do we really need that to be connected to the internet?” LeBlanc asked."
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