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Some of the dumbest inventions of recent decades are bursting forth from that wonder of our age, the internet of things (IoT). Take, for instance, the connected “killer kettle”. You can turn it on at the click of a smartphone app – even when the kettle is empty, creating a fire risk.
Then there are smart sockets that can be activated by an app, perhaps turning on electric fires that your housemate has since placed near something flammable. And let’s not forget the colour-changing smart light bulbs that hand user passwords to the…
