Our privacy is losing out to Internet-connected household devices

[Commentary] It's called the Internet of Things and, judging by all the connected gadgets and appliances unveiled at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, it's about to strip you of what little privacy you have left. Taken piecemeal, there's much to recommend about the idea of controlling household devices via voice control or smartphone apps. It's cool having your heater or clothes dryer monitor how much power you're using, or having your fridge alert you that you're low on milk. Put it all together, though, and you have a steady stream of data about your personal behavior that can be combined with other information to provide marketers, insurers and others with extremely intimate portraits of the life you lead when you think no one's watching.