Maybe my fears are unfounded, but it seems many of today's smart home devices have minimal security. What is even more concerning is the folks who use these will likely be the same folks who used to have a VCR that always flashed 12:00 or an answering machine with the default settings.
Many of these "smart devices" are likely easy to hack and can be used to track their users. Some can be used for other nefarious purposes on the internet of everything.
Maybe if one of those smart devices could fire up the wood stove or load the dishwasher my view would change on the matter.
Having one of those devices that responds to my voice on the living room coffee table isn't going to happen.
Who is to say it can't hear everything else that is said within range?
On a lighter note, here is another view on "smart devices:"
http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2018/02/01
The movie
Kingsman also has a jab at what the nefarious can do with total control of our devices.
jtk