A room with an overview: Towards meaningful transparency for the consumer Internet of Things

C Norval, J Singh - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As our physical environments become ever-more connected, instrumented, and automated,
it can be increasingly difficult for users to understand what is happening within them and …

Understanding dark patterns in home IoT devices

M Kowalczyk, JT Gunawan, D Choffnes… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices are ubiquitous, but little attention has been paid to how they
may incorporate dark patterns despite consumer protections and privacy concerns arising …

IoTLS: understanding TLS usage in consumer IoT devices

MT Paracha, DJ Dubois, N Vallina-Rodriguez… - Proceedings of the 21st …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Consumer IoT devices are becoming increasingly popular, with most leveraging TLS to
provide connection security. In this work, we study a large number of TLS-enabled consumer …

Tracking, profiling, and ad targeting in the Alexa echo smart speaker ecosystem

U Iqbal, PN Bahrami, R Trimananda, H Cui… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Smart speakers collect voice commands, which can be used to infer sensitive information
about users. Given the potential for privacy harms, there is a need for greater transparency …

Iotflow: Inferring iot device behavior at scale through static mobile companion app analysis

D Schmidt, C Tagliaro, K Borgolte… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The number of" smart''devices, that is, devices making up the Internet of Things (IoT), is
steadily growing. They suffer from vulnerabilities just as other software and hardware …

Peekaboo: A hub-based approach to enable transparency in data processing within smart homes

H Jin, G Liu, D Hwang, S Kumar… - … IEEE symposium on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present Peekaboo, a new privacy-sensitive architecture for smart homes that leverages
an in-home hub to pre-process and minimize outgoing data in a structured and enforceable …

Protected or porous: A comparative analysis of threat detection capability of IoT safeguards

AM Mandalari, H Haddadi, DJ Dubois… - … IEEE Symposium on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Consumer Internet of Things (IoT) devices are increasingly common, from smart speakers to
security cameras, in homes. Along with their benefits come potential privacy and security …

Behaviot: Measuring smart home iot behavior using network-inferred behavior models

T Hu, DJ Dubois, D Choffnes - Proceedings of the 2023 ACM on Internet …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Smart home IoT platforms are typically closed systems, meaning that there is poor visibility
into device behavior. Understanding device behavior is important not only for determining …

Connecting the Dots: Tracing Data Endpoints in IoT Devices

M Jakaria, DY Huang, A Das - Proceedings on Privacy …, 2024 - petsymposium.org
Smart home devices are constantly exchanging data with a variety of remote endpoints. This
data encompasses diverse information, from device operation and status to sensitive user …

Towards a real-time IoT: Approaches for incoming packet processing in cyber–physical systems

I Behnke, C Blumschein, R Danicki, P Wiesner… - Journal of Systems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Embedded real-time devices for monitoring, controlling, and collaboration purposes in cyber–
physical systems are now commonly equipped with IP networking capabilities. However, the …