James Clapper, director of national intelligence, in his annual assessment of threats given before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee admitted that the government may use information transmitted to the Internet from washing machines, thermostat, televisions, refrigerator or video games against you.

Clapper said the government considers this information fair game against people it suspects of terrorism or other crimes.

Clapper said that many devices increasingly connected to the Internet are providing ample opportunity for intelligence agencies to spy on targets, and possibly the masses.

“In the future, intelligence services might use the [Internet of things] for identification, surveillance, monitoring, location tracking, and targeting for recruitment, or to gain access to networks or user credentials,” Clapper told the Senate panel.

Clapper, as director of national intelligence, is head of all 16 intelligence agencies in the U.S., including the NSA.