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Roomba maps homes -- the dimensions of spaces and rooms between furniture and other items will be valuable to any of the players link ([http://shotokan.co.il/component/k2/itemlist/user/26176 the original source]) battling to control the home that is smart. But, iRobot "has not had any conversations with other companies about selling data," said Colin Angle, the company's CEO. Data collected by smart appliances "is not safe if it's sent off to the cloud," said Michael Patterson, CEO of both Plixer. It signifies the integrity of institutions and a danger to national safety, Scott warned. Reaping the Rewards Amazon's Echo along with Google's Home voice-activated speakers already monitor and gather data about users via various home appliances and other products, as do [http://Www.Foxnews.com/search-results/search?q=manufacturers manufacturers] of TVs. [https://www.gov.uk/search?q=Consumers Consumers] who want to keep their information secure should not invest in appliances that are Internet-capable, Patterson cautioned. "No IoT device is safe from a data compromise." Add artificial intelligence, big data algorithms and machine learning to the mix, along with the bad guys can launch "massive hyperfocused campaigns against specific high-value sensitive targets," he pointed out. "Adversaries can craft personalized social engineering lures related to targets' browsing patterns, interests, profession and vices, by way of instance, and thus skip the cybersecurity and cyber-hygiene reflexes that typically thwart 86 percent of societal engineering applications." But from conversations with device manufacturers and cybersecurity specialists, "data collected by smart home devices will not be available to just any third party," IHS Markit's Kozak told TechNewsWorld. Data collection is trivial, Kozak pointed out. Reward cards, gym smartphones collect user information and trackers. The Threat to Security and Privacy "iRobot is committed to the security of our customers' data, which we consider very seriously," he said. "We build security directly into the product creation process from the start, in the period of ideation." Both the Roomba robots and iRobot's network architecture "are continually reviewed by multiple third-party safety bureaus," Angle pointed out. We have a no-compromise attitude when it comes to product security." Anyone can collect an amount of information on anyone else by minding search engines on the Web. Add in data gathered by house appliances and gadgets that are smart, and information on customers' electricity consumption patterns gathered by smart meters, and it's possible to get a very granular picture of what's going on in someone's home. Also, producers of smart devices who gather information "don't act on the data, and even more suggest they ... aggregate it," he noted. This trend could lead to serious threats to consumers' privacy and safety. Hackers have obtained baby monitors. Further, the United States National Security Agency has made no bones about its willingness to exploit on the data made available by appliances and the Internet of Things. "iRobot will never sell customer data," he told TechNewsWorld. Purchases of smart appliances have been on the rise, and voice-activated devices -- led by Amazon's Echo line -- have been riding the wave. IRobot addresses customer IoT "with the fundamental principles of security: secure data at rest, secure data in transit, secure execution, and secure updates," he said. Smart home appliances and gadgets store the data they gather in the cloud, which is not inviolate. The Swedish government recently faced an upheaval following the discovery that all Swedish citizens' information were leaked after it was transferred to a cloud run by IBM, a company. The government replaced two of its ministers in a bid to quell the subsequent uproar. The recent rumor which iRobot had participated in discussions with Apple, Amazon and Google parent Alphabet to sell the information its Roomba vacuum cleaner gathers caused widespread privacy issues. "The ease with which an attacker can harvest and collect demographic and psychographic data on targets is astounding," said James Scott, senior fellow at the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology. Malware preventative technologies from security providers "are not a surefire defense against targeted attacks," he told TechNewsWorld. "Nothing short of unplugging from the Internet can keep your data safe." Data collection is intended to provide an extra revenue stream for your maker or service provider, in addition to enhance the user's experience, said Blake Kozak, principal analyst at IHS Markit. That is the rumor that iRobot was talking selling of the information to another party alerted consumer privacy advocates. "The company will never violate customer trust by selling or misusing customer-related data, including data collected by our connected products," Angle emphasized.
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