Crapgadget apocalypse: the IoT devices that punch through your firewall and expose your network
by Cory Doctorow from on (#15GE1)
Cheap Internet of Things devices like Foscam's home CCTVs are designed to covertly tunnel out of your home network, bypassing your firewall, so they can join a huge P2P network of 7 million other devices that is maintained and surveilled by their Chinese manufacturer. (more")