I'm currently comparing other IoT projects to IOTA, and it seems to me that IOTA really lacks critical features.
One of these is privacy: I mean, how can IOTA ever become the infrastructure of IoT if it can't guarantee privacy? Connecting IoT devices to a global network means sharing very personal informations, possibly more than what we share now on socials by means of our smartphones. What about our home devices? And health data?
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I doubt you really did a proper comparison or your research was sloppy.
Anyone interested in privacy and anonymity is recommended to read it.
https://blog.iota.org/research-on-private-transactions-in-iota-cd546751e2c4