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To me it implies putting a chip in it where it really wasn't needed.

I maintain that IoT is short for "Insecurity of Things", not "Internet of Things". Makes the IoT hype so much easier to deal with.

Internet of Thrones :)

Internet of Toilets. Fits well with Cloud-to-Butt extension.

Uh, Butt-to-cloud, surely?

I might want to tweet my poops, naturally; but what data does my butt need?

>Was it not made of "things" before?

Yeah, but of things like routers, PC, smartphones etc.

Internet of Things is the BS idea of "internet of all the things" -- sensors and chips on your toaster, fridge, coke can, cat, hairpiece, ...