In 2003 there were an estimated 500 million internet-connected devices. By 2020 it is predicted there will be 50 billion, according to Travis LeBlanc, recently resigned chief of enforcement at the Federal Communications Commission.

Their proliferation means an exploding amount of information is being handled in ways that threaten the privacy and security of people, corporations and countries, he said.

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