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by permo-w 1021 days ago
>If the device isn't internet-connected, it's not an IoT device. That's what the I stands for

in practice, the I in IoT means that the device connects to your wi-fi. whether that extends to the open web or not, it's still an IoT device, even if it doesn't conform to the word "internet" in the strictest sense