Notes for Research Articles: Internet of Things and Individual Privacy
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Notes for Research Articles: Internet of Things and Individual Privacy
W(5)H(1): New Research Article #1 (Basic Research Article): The Internet of things (IoT) and its impact on individual privacy: An Australian perspective
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Who conducted the research?
The study was conducted by Xavier Caron, Rachelle Bosua, Atif Ahmad and Sean B. Maynard.
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Why was the study completed (purpose / what researchers hoped to learn)
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The purpose of the study was to determine the effect that Internet of Things (IoT) has on the privacy of information.
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When was data collected (not the publication year)
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Data was collected in 2015.
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Where was data collected (physical location)
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Data was collected in Australia.
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How was data collected (methodology)? Cut and paste the paragraph below that describes the methodology and HIGHLIGHT the indicator words that specifically show you the methodology
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The methodology that was used was systematic review.
“This research followed two phases. In Phase 1 a
systematic literature review was conducted following two activities: 1) a literature search process to identify and select relevant articles, and 2) a content analysis of the literature to identify themes that represent key concerns related to individual” (Caron et al., 2016).
privacy from the perspective of the IoT
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What were the findings? Cut and paste the paragraph below that describes the findings and HIGHLIGHT the sentences that specifically show you the summary of findings:
The studies found out that the measures for protection of data were inadequate.
“In reflection of the research question: To what extent does the Australian Privacy Principles protect an Australian individual’s privacy in relation to data collected via the Internet of Things?,
findings of this study found that the current APP has limitations in terms of individual privacy and data collection through the IoT. These limitations impact on the ways in which individual data is collected, used and handled” (Caron et al., 2016).
W(5)H(1): New Research Article #2 (Basic Research Article): Privacy of the Internet of Things: a systematic literature review
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Who conducted the research?
The research was conducted by Noura Aleisa and Karen Renaud.
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Why was the study completed (purpose / what researchers hoped to learn)
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The goal of the research was to explore aspects of privacy in relation to IoT and determine the areas that require attention.
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When was data collected (not the publication year)
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Data was collected in 2016.
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Where was data collected (physical location)
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The focus areas were France, Germany and Italy.
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How was data collected (methodology)? Cut and paste the paragraph below that describes the methodology and HIGHLIGHT the indicator words that specifically show you the methodology
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The researchers used systematic reviews to conduct their study.
“To assess the limits of privacy that are potentially violated by the IoT,
a systematic quantitative literature review was conducted. This method [49] has benefits as compared to a narrative style. It is capable of identifying the areas covered by existing research, and also revealing the gaps. It approaches the literature from different perspectives and facilitates delivery of new insights” (Aleisa & Renaud, 2016).
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What were the findings? Cut and paste the paragraph below that describes the findings and HIGHLIGHT the sentences that specifically show you the summary of findings:
The researchers showed that there is increase in concern about the different threats to information, and pointed out the solutions/measures that can be put in place.
“The
increasing collection of data about individuals is one of the main concerns,
especially the threats to individuals caused by analysis of their data using data mining techniques [10]. The literature indicates that about 31.5% of the papers have concerns about
location tracking; the next is the
sharing of unanonymised data (25.9%).
Concerns about profiling were mentioned in 21.3% of the papers, followed by
inventory attacks (8.3%),
interaction and presentation (6.5%), life cycle transitions (3.7%), and linkage (2.7%)” (Aleisa & Renaud, 2016).
“Many proposed solutions must intimately involve humans in the process. Some solutions deploy access control methods, or privacy-awareness applications. For example, in [71], the study proposed the
Dynamic Privacy Analyzer (DPA), a solution to make the smartmeter data owner aware of the privacy risks of sharing smart meter data with third parties. On the other hand, almost half of the proposed solutions suggested taking the human out of the loop. These proposed using
cryptographic techniques and information manipulation, or data minimization, to prevent data being sniffed en route to servers. In [67], an original scheme called the
Path Extension Method (PEM) was presented, which provides powerful protection of source-location privacy, by using an encryption technique that ensures an adversary will not be able to eavesdrop on communications” (Aleisa & Renaud, 2016).
W(5)H(1): New Research Article #3 (Basic OR Applied Research Article): A Review on Impact of Internet of Things (IoT) on Individual Privacy in Smart Home Systems.
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Who conducted the research?
The study was conducted by Fadimatu Muhammad Marafa, Suleiman Sa’ad, Aisha Tukur and Abubakar Mohammed.
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Why was the study completed (purpose / what researchers hoped to learn)
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The goal of the study was to examine the impact of IoT on privacy of the smart home systems of individuals.
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When was data collected (not the publication year)
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Data was carried out in 2018.
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Where was data collected (physical location)
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Data was collected in Nigeria.
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How was data collected (methodology)? Cut and paste the paragraph below that describes the methodology and HIGHLIGHT the indicator words that specifically show you the methodology
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The study utilized systematic reviews in data collection process.
“In this section methodology applied in the study was elaborated in order to show how the
articles used in the study were gathered. As such, the sources of the article,
search terms, selection of study, eligibility criteria and data collection processes were further discussed in detail in the following subsections” (Marafa etal., 2021).
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What were the findings? Cut and paste the paragraph below that describes the findings and HIGHLIGHT the sentences that specifically show you the summary of findings:
The research indicated that there are significant challenges associated with smart home systems.
“The
challenges could be in the system’s in-built vulnerabilities in which the structure setup is likely to encounter several attacks. Example of
such attacks could be from firmware, hardware (device), applications of the system, data, and the network interfaces or ports. Likewise, the system can be opened for
network-related attacks and failure of protocol as a result of bidirectional communication links between objects-to-objects [15]. Other relevant attacks could be,
leakage of individual’s information, incomplete data, unlawful attacks and etc.” (Marafa etal., 2021).
W(5)H(1): New Research Article #4 (Applied Research Article): End user security and privacy concerns with smart homes.
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Who conducted the research?
The study was conducted by Eric Zeng, Shrirang Mare, and Franziska Roesner.
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Why was the study completed (purpose / what researchers hoped to learn)
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The goal was to investigate the concerns associated with privacy and security of smart homes.
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When was data collected (not the publication year)
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Data was collected in 2017.
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Where was data collected (physical location)
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The study was conducted in the US.
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How was data collected (methodology)? Cut and paste the paragraph below that describes the methodology and HIGHLIGHT the indicator words that specifically show you the methodology
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The research used interview to gather data.
“Before designing our
interview questions, we conducted an
exploratory interview with a colleague who set up and lives in a smart home. After designing the
initial interview questions, we conducted four additional
pilot interviews with smart home residents, and made modifications to the questions to improve their clarity, and to better answer our research questions”
(Zeng et al., 2017).
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What were the findings? Cut and paste the paragraph below that describes the findings and HIGHLIGHT the sentences that specifically show you the summary of findings:
The findings showed that individuals have differing concerns and measures associated with security and privacy threats.
“Participants have
varied and sparse threat models, and do not share a common set of concerns or mitigations” (Zeng et al., 2017).
Reference
Caron, X., Bosua, R., Maynard, S. B., & Ahmad, A. (2016). The Internet of things (IoT) and its impact on individual privacy: An Australian perspective.
Computer Law & Security Review,
32(1), 4-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2015.12.001
Aleisa, N., & Renaud, K. (2016). Privacy of the Internet of Things: a systematic literature review (extended discussion).
arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.03340. http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/202504/1/202504.pdf
Marafa, F. M., Sa’ad, S., Tukur, A., & Mohammed, A. (2021, April). A Review on Impact of Internet of Things (IoT) on Individual Privacy in Smart Home Systems. In 2021
2nd International Conference on Intelligent Engineering and Management (ICIEM) (pp. 127-131). IEEE. file:///C:/Users/brayo/Downloads/AReviewonImpactofIoTonIndividualPrivacyinSmartHomeSystems.pdf
Zeng, E., Mare, S., & Roesner, F. (2017, July). End user security and privacy concerns with smart homes. In
Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) (Vol. 220). https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/soups2017/soups2017-zeng.pdf