The Internet will disappear with the Internet of Things?
Giulio Coraggio
Solving Legal Challenges of the Future | Head of Intellectual Property & Technology | Partner @ DLA Piper | IT, AI, Privacy, Cyber & Gaming Lawyer
The Internet of Things will make the Internet disappear according to Eric Schmidt of Google. The Internet will become part of any object around us collecting personal data in a seemless manner which might lead to privacy issues that regulators shall properly address.
The Internet will be all around us
At the end of the World Economic Forum in Davos Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, responded to a question about the future of the web with the comment “I will answer very simply that the Internet will disappear” then adding
“It will be part of your presence all the time [—] Imagine you walk into a room, and the room is dynamic. And with your permission and all of that, you are interacting with the things going on in the room“.
The growth of the Internet of Things smart technologies will have the consequence that the Internet will be in any object around us. IoT devices will continuously collect data about individuals and interact in order to provide more efficient and tailored services.