Privacy-Friendly Smart Environments

Abstract

In this paper we describe our approach on protecting user privacy in smart environments, particularly smart homes, which we call eHomes. These are environments with devices such as sensors, computational units, actors, which are seamlessly integrated in the environment, and objects we use in our everyday life. In order to provide more convenience to its users such environments can be personalized.As these environments become ubiquitous, thus supporting mobility of the users, new privacy threats arise. These are based on the digital traces and personal information which is left while visiting different environments. We provide a practical approach to minimize these traces and information disclosure by applying negotiation, identity management, and anonymous credentials. Also, we discuss the protection of eHomes from malicious users.

Privacy-Preserving Identifiers for IoT: A Systematic Literature Review

“…Figure 2 shows the distribution over the years of the selected publications, according to the publication date. [12] Privacy-Friendly smart environments Vinkovits et al [13] Anonymous networking meets real-world business req. .…”

“…Another application domain category that is considered in this survey is smart environments. In this category, we considered papers that deal with smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, and more [12], [15], [17], [20], [29]. These are environments with versatile smart devices and objects integrated to bring convenience for the users while using them in their everyday life.…”

“…As these environments continue to spread, new privacy and security challenges arise. In [12], the authors present E-home personalization and privacy protection services, enabling a user to select an identity and parts of personal data to disclose depending on the visited E-home. [15] propose a privacy-preserving service searching scheme that enables residents of a home to receive internet bandwidth from other cooperative nearby homes.…”

Ethics of the health-related internet of things: a narrative review

“…In reference to security of data, 'security' and 'privacy' are often used interchangeably (e.g. Ahamed et al 2007a;Armac et al 2009;Busnel and Giroux 2010;Chan et al 2008;Dhukaram et al 2011;Elkhodr et al 2011;Garcia-Morchon et al 2009;Mana et al 2011;Stuart et al 2008;Wang et al 2008). The concepts must be differentiated by their ends: security is concerned with guaranteeing the quality of the data collected by and passing through a system in terms of "confidentiality, integrity and availability" (Giannotti and Saygin 2010, p. 75), enabling users to protect privacy by controlling dissemination of their data and preventing hacks or breaches (Peppet 2014).…”

Towards a conceptual framework of OSH risk management in smart working environments based on smart PPE, ambient intelligence and the Internet of Things technologies

“…[177] Therefore, individuals should always be informed of the presence of RFID tags and readers, the purpose for which the data are collected and processed, who the responsible controller is and whether the data are stored and made available to other parties. [178] However, privacy protection and system performance have conflicting requirements and goals, [177] and autonomy of SWE users is inclined to conflict with safety and health. [176] Therefore, it is particularly important to investigate these issues to determine the adequate balance between them.…”