{"id":125608,"date":"2020-12-03T20:12:45","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T17:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/app-and-infrastructure-alert-users-about-data-collection-around-them\/"},"modified":"2020-12-03T20:12:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T17:12:45","slug":"app-and-infrastructure-alert-users-about-data-collection-around-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/app-and-infrastructure-alert-users-about-data-collection-around-them\/","title":{"rendered":"#App and infrastructure alert users about data collection around them"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#App<\/a> and infrastructure alert users about data collection around them<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Billions of IoT devices\u2014smart cameras, microphones, location trackers, and the like\u2014are hidden in plain sight, and they’re tracking everything from our movements and activities to our voices or even our facial expressions. Fortunately, there’s an app and digital infrastructure that enables users to discover those devices, learn about the data they collect and any controls they might possibly give us such as opting in or out of their data collection and use practices.<\/p>\n

The IoT Assistant app, developed by researchers in Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab, allows users to explore a map of IoT devices around them, learn about the data these devices collect, what they do with the data, and whether they offer any privacy controls. <\/p>\n

“New laws like the California Consumer Privacy Act and the General<\/a> Data Protection Regulation call for increased transparency about the types of data being collected about people, how that data is used, and what options people are given,” says CyLab’s Norman Sadeh, a computer science<\/a> professor in the Institute for Software Research (ISR) and the principal investigator of the Personalized Privacy Assistant Project. “Our app and infrastructure pave the way towards compliance, allowing people to take control of their privacy.”<\/p>\n

Once they have downloaded the app on their mobile devices, users can immedia<\/a>tely begin exploring a map of IoT devices around them; no account creation is required. By clicking on pins on the map, users can learn about a device’s data practices, including the types of data collected, how long the data is retained, with whom the data might be shared, and more. <\/p>\n


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