ABSTRACT The Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to revolutionise the way we live and communicate and the manner in which we engage with our social and natural world. In the IoT, objects such as household items, vending machines and cars have the ability to sense and share data with other things, via wireless, Bluetooth or Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. ‘Smart things’ have the capability to control their performance as well as our experiences and decisions. In this exploratory paper, we overview recent developments in the IoT technology and their relevance for criminology. Our aim is to partially fill the gap in the literature by flagging emerging issues criminologists and social scientists ought to engage with in the future. The focus is exclusively on the IoT, while other advances, such as facial recognition technology, are only lightly touched upon. This paper, thus, serves as a starting point in the conversation, as we invite scholars to join us in forecasting—if not preventing—the unwanted consequences of the ‘future Internet’.

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“未来互联网”与犯罪：走向物联网犯罪学

摘要 物联网 (IoT) 有望彻底改变我们的生活和交流方式以及我们与社会和自然世界互动的方式。在物联网中，家居用品、自动售货机和汽车等物体能够通过无线、蓝牙或射频识别 (RFID) 技术感知并与其他物体共享数据。“智能事物”有能力控制它们的性能以及我们的经验和决策。在这篇探索性论文中，我们概述了物联网技术的最新发展及其与犯罪学的相关性。我们的目标是通过标记犯罪学家和社会科学家未来应该参与的新兴问题来部分填补文献中的空白。重点完全放在物联网上，而其他进步，例如面部识别技术，只是轻轻触及。因此，本文作为对话的起点，因为我们邀请学者与我们一起预测——如果不是预防——“未来互联网”的不良后果。