Why the NSA and other spies will love the Internet of Things

Hackers already love them, which means spies will, too. It's no surprise that the U.S. National Security Agency and presumably other spy agencies around the world are investigating how they might take advantage of the new generation of Internet-connected devices in homes and offices for spying purposes. What is surprising is how willing Richard Ledgett, the NSA's deputy director, was to talk about it in remarks at a conference in Washington on Friday. "As my job is to penetrate other people's ne...