While consumers see the tangible benefit of IoT (just 1 consumer in 10 says a world of connected devices won’t deliver such value), more than half also harbour concerns about the perceived risks and threats in a world of connected devices, according to a new Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF) survey.
Globally 60% are worried about the Internet of Things, and especially so in growth markets such as Brazil, India and South Africa (66%), although in the UK it appears to be less of an issue (50%).
Trust-related issues privacy (62%) and security (54%) were the number one concern, named twice as often as real-world concerns such as physical safety (27%) or not being able to fix the technology if it breaks down (24%).
A quarter (24%) of respondents consider health-related information as the most sensitive data when it comes to connected devices, and this is especially the case in China (44%). By contrast, in more mature markets such as USA and Germany, there is heightened sensitivity around location data (52% and 50% respectively, as compared to a global average of 43%).
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A good article that those out there pushing the IoT as the best thing slice bread would pay to heed...people are waking up to the fact that IoT has fundamental flaws that in fact negate some of the attractions of it in the first place.
But interestingly MS has announced an IoT targeted package of adds for the Raspberry Pi (the kit includes a Raspberry Pi 3)
with the aim of promoting the Windows version for IoT as a key vehicle in the development of the sector...will be interesting to watch how that goes down with the respondents of the survey. ;)
But interestingly MS has announced an IoT targeted package of adds for the Raspberry Pi (the kit includes a Raspberry Pi 3)
with the aim of promoting the Windows version for IoT as a key vehicle in the development of the sector...will be interesting to watch how that goes down with the respondents of the survey. ;)
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