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This App Lets You See IoT Devices Around You and What Data They're Taking

posted by Fnord666 on Monday February 24 2020, @01:34PM   Printer-friendly
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This app lets you see IoT devices around you and what data they're taking:

A new app launched this week will let you know what internet of things technologies are operating around you and what data they are collecting. The Internet of Things Assistant app and its infrastructure, created by Carnegie Mellon researchers, aims to give you more control over the devices tracking your activity and information.

With the app, you'll be able to see devices like public cameras with facial recognition technology, Bluetooth beacons tracking your location at the mall, and your neighbor's smart doorbell or smart speaker, according to a story published by Carnegie Mellon's Security and Privacy Institute. You can see what data these devices collect, and access privacy choices like opting in and out of data collection when available.

[...] If you own an IoT device that operates in a public space, you can use an online portal to publish where your IoT devices are and what data they collect, so they can be added to the app's database.

"We've done the work for you," Sadeh said in the story. "All you need to do is start adding your IoT resources so you can be in compliance with today's privacy laws."

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 24 2020, @06:27PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 24 2020, @06:27PM (#961921)

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by PartTimeZombie on Monday February 24 2020, @08:05PM

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Monday February 24 2020, @08:05PM (#961968)

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Monday February 24 2020, @10:50PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Monday February 24 2020, @10:50PM (#962054) Journal

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