Smart Home Technologies

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Smart Home Technologies

• Privacy

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Data Security and Privacy

• Security deals with the assurance of a set of
  rules set to protect privacy
• Prevent access to the environment
• Prevent unauthorized access to data
• Privacy deals with the subjective,
  culture-dependent setting of standards that
  regulate what is publicly accessible
• Determine who should have access to what
• Where are the limits for public access ?

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Privacy in Intelligent Environments

• Privacy in intelligent environments encompasses
  many aspects
• Which data should be private ?
• Who should have access ?
• What means of information gathering can be used ?

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Types of Privacy

• Bodily Privacy
• Strip Searches, Drug Testing,
• Territorial Privacy
• Privacy Of Your Home, Office,
• Privacy Of Communications
• Phone Calls, E-mail,
• Informational Privacy
• Personal Data (Name, Address, Hobbies, )

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Perception of Privacy
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Factors for Perception of Privacy Threats

• Scale of data collection
• To What Extend Is My Life Visible To Others?
• Manner in which the data is collected
• How Obviously Is Data Collected?
• Type of data collected
• What Type Of Data Is Recorded?
• Reason for data collection
• What Are The Driving Factors?
• Accessibility of information in data
• How Do I Find Anything in this Data?

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Examples of Non-IntrusiveData Collection Tools
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Example Bodymedia
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Security and Privacy-Aware Environments

• Security measures for access authentication are
  not sufficient in intelligent environments
• Access to information inside the environment has
  to be limited
• Multiple inhabitants should have access to
  different parts of the available information
• Home interfaces and displays have to follow
  privacy rules
• Interfaces can not display private information
• Access inside the environment might have to be
  restricted
• Private spaces in office environments
• Access restrictions to ensure safety of
  inhabitants

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Remote Interface Example Georgia Tech Aware Home

• Actual Environment
• Pressure sensitive floors
• Microphone arrays
• Video cameras

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Remote Interface Example Georgia Tech Aware Home

• Family Portraits
• Summarize daily activityand long-term trends
  iconically

• Limits access to information
• Provides peace of mind for
• adult children

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Privacy in Intelligent Interfaces

• Interface should only display the required
  information
• Hide sensory data
• E.g. no video data, no exact data on current
  actions
• Only display result of processing
• E.g. only display if everything is ok
• Interface structure should reflect the necessary
  information
• Interfaces have to be practical and easy to use
  without revealing information
• E.g. only display static, pre-recorded image of
  person