By 2020, the average person will have more than four Internet-connected devices, but they won't be very useful if they exist in silos.

到2020年，每个人平均将拥有超过4台物联网设备，但如果它们彼此孤立，就不会发挥什么作用。

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The forum aims to combat what they describe as the 'Internet of Silos' - an unconnected world with less value to both consumers and businesses.

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But she lamented that too often trade policies are made in silos according to issues like privacy or intellectual property rights without weighing the overall impact on Internet freedom.

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