Re: Forget the 'terrorist' straw man, it's far worse...
Yep. What the 'leets' are after is "smart" devices for stupid people. People who have been "trained" into sheeple so they trust Big Brother even above themselves, and can neither think critically nor be critical when needed.
Sheeple, v2.0, meet IoT. With regard to home medical equipment, perhaps "smart" meters and the like are an undocumented branch of the LCP...