Digital ‘Exhaust’ may be the biggest Internet of Things Worry | WIRED

**Executive summary:** The article highlights the privacy and security risks of Internet of Things "digital exhaust," quoting Tripwire analyst Ken Westin who warns that aggregation of granular device and biometric data in cloud and backend systems could enable rich profiling, embarrassment, and even state-level espionage, making infrastructure repositories a more attractive target than individual hacked devices.