Addressing consumer privacy and security is a major topic facing the snowballing Internet of Things, but prescriptive regulations are not likely to come from the Federal Trade Commission, Commissioner Terrell McSweeny said Feb. 8 at an event sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
McSweeny said the biggest issue facing the Internet of Things — the catchall term for the increasing connectivity of devices such as cars, thermostats and cell phones — is “getting the balance right between protecting consumers and optimizing innovation.”
