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Bridge the Gap to Avoid IoT Resistance

Posted March 17, 2016 | Leadership |

Technology backlash is as old as technological innovation. It is inevitable that people will grouse about new technologies and adopt them with varying degrees of acceptance. Yet, with one caveat, the cool stuff will take hold and prevail on the basis of its functionality and actual worth to people. The caveat is that this will happen only if these products do not give people some absurd reason to do a double-take and say, "What? You didn't tell me this amazing product" -- and here, take your pick -- "uses triangulation to share my location with perverts," "shares my aimless meandering around department store aisles with marketers," "leaves my television camera running," or "records my child babbling away to a beloved toy."

About The Author
Annie Bai
Annie C. Bai, CIPP/US, CIPM, is a graduate of NYU School of Law. Ms. Bai is Privacy Counsel at Single Stop, a national anti-poverty nonprofit and speaks on modern privacy law for New Directions for Attorneys at Pace Law School. She consults with for-profit and notfor-profits on privacy and data security on privacy audits in a variety of industry sectors. Ms. Bai is a member of the Technology Operations Committee for Per Scholas, an IT workforce… Read More
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