20.35 billion connected devices are expected to be in use worldwide by the end of 2017. Utilities and telecom service providers are in a race to take as big a piece of this very large pie as possible. Contenders in the race to own the home must gain consumer trust and consumer buy-in now if they are going to succeed. The appetite for a connected home is clearly there, but the issue, however, is trust and ease of use. 43 per cent worry a. connected home would be easier to break into than a standard. home, and 56 per cent fear that the control applications for a. connected home. would be hacked into, which would prevent 48 per cent from buying them in the future.”]
Source: https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/study-research/the-race-to-own-the-home/