alt Hacker NewsTo be fair, while the definition does not require internet connectivity, the name certainly does imply that it does.
Even the linked Wikipedia article points this out:
> "Internet of things" has been considered a misnomer because devices do not need to be connected to the public internet; they only need to be connected to a network and be individually addressable.
I suppose that's fair for someone who is not in-the-know.
But the definition of "internet" from an early point has been "a network of networks".
It is by historical accident that many people understand the proper name "Internet" to refer to a singular and monolithic thing. For many purposes, The Internet is monolithic, as it is a global interconnect and everything speaks IPv4 and is therefore globally addressable, if not routable or reachable.
But I would say that a "network of networks" is whatever you make of it. If it is a network of Bluetooth devices bridged by WiFi, that's an internet. If it's a dozen networks of washing machines in disparate rooms, bridged by a service provider, but not reachable by anyone without an app, that's an internet.
So in reality, it's perfectly logical to have multiple internets, interconnected internets, and isolated internets. The fact that China runs a "Great Firewall" means that their "Internet" experience is markedly different from an internet from a non-China perspective.
Last, but certainly not least: don't forget that the "S" in "IoT" stands for "security"!