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  • It sounds appealing: Barely lifting a finger, you set your thermostat, start your coffeemaker,

  • turn on the lights, fire up your favorite playlist.

  • But what if the price of that convenience is your

  • private information?

  • Starting to sound a little less appealing.

  • All of those connected gadgets carrying out all these useful jobs are part

  • of what’s become known as the Internet of Things, and

  • their increased prevalence in everyday life is forcing everyone to consider a fundamental

  • give- and-take: comfort, or privacy?

  • Tech companies, wireless carriers, and all manner of startups are racing to connect whatever

  • they can, and the benefits have been self-evident- smart speakers can answer questions, order

  • groceries, or book a reservation.

  • Electronic monitors can let patients leave hospitals sooner, or

  • allow seniors to live at home for longer.

  • Looking forward, the worldwide adoption of 5G mobile technology will allow more IoT devices

  • to talk to each other without human intervention at previously unreachable speeds.

  • That means homes that look after themselves, and cars that take over the driving.

  • As far as industrial applications, think smart factories and

  • warehouses that can fulfill their own orders or notify supervisors to problems.

  • And yet all this promise comes with potential downsides for the customers who own these

  • devices.

  • First, there’s security, or the lack thereof.

  • Even if IoT devices have state of the art security, more devices means more potential

  • vulnerabilities.

  • In one such example, hackers accessed the digital thermometer in a casino’s

  • aquarium, and worked their way from there through the casino’s network to gain access

  • to its database of high rollers.

  • Things start to get scarier when you imagine malware infecting

  • a self-driving car or a surgical medical device.

  • Other worries concern business practices that are perfectly legal, if not well known.

  • Smart factories could be smart enough to track an

  • employee’s every move, including trips to the

  • restroom.

  • Health-trackers collect blood pressure and heart-rate information- but what if that gets

  • shared with your insurance provider?

  • It’s not unthinkable that a company would sell information

  • about a customer’s personal habits gleaned from one of its devices to advertisers, or

  • even to hostile governments.

  • And there are already examples of potential misuse, including 2019

  • reports that Amazon employees had listened to recordings of customers using its Echo

  • devices.

  • There’s also the question of utility.

  • Does your baby really need a smart diaper?

  • Does your pet need a smart door?

  • Does the function of all IoT devices make up for the increased electronic

  • waste they create?

  • Maybe we should ask Alexa.

It sounds appealing: Barely lifting a finger, you set your thermostat, start your coffeemaker,

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接続された世界での快適さ対プライバシー (Comfort Vs. Privacy In A Connected World)

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    林宜悉 に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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