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The Internet of Things (IoT) has rapidly expanded across various sectors, with consumer IoT devices - such as smart thermostats and security cameras - experiencing growth. Although these devices improve efficiency and promise additional…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Pascal Schöttle , Matthias Janetschek , Florian Merkle , Martin Nocker , Christoph Egger

Internet of Things (IoT) is a novel paradigm, which not only facilitates a large number of devices to be ubiquitously connected over the Internet but also provides a mechanism to remotely control these devices. The IoT is pervasive and is…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Samundra Deep , Xi Zheng , Alireza Jolfaei , Dongjin Yu , Pouya Ostovari , Ali Kashif Bashir

Security and privacy perspectives of people in a multi-user home are a growing area of research, with many researchers reflecting on the complicated power imbalance and challenging access control issues of the devices involved. However,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-09-20 Nandita Pattnaik , Shujun Li , Jason R. C. Nurse

Smart home IoT devices are known to be breeding grounds for security and privacy vulnerabilities. Although some IoT vendors deploy updates, the update process is mostly opaque to researchers. It is unclear what software components are on…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-09-13 Vijay Prakash , Sicheng Xie , Danny Yuxing Huang

Privacy concerns and fears of unauthorized access in smart home devices often stem from misunderstandings about how data is collected, used, and protected. This study explores how AI-powered tools can offer innovative privacy protections…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Wael Albayaydh , Ivan Flechais , Rui Zhao , Jood Albayaydh

Code Large Language Models (LLMs) enhance software development efficiency by automatically generating code and documentation in response to user requirements. However, code LLMs cannot synthesize specialized programs when tasked with IoT…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Leming Shen , Qiang Yang , Xinyu Huang , Zijing Ma , Yuanqing Zheng

IoT devices have become popular targets for various network attacks due to their lack of industry-wide security standards. In this work, we focus on smart home IoT device identification and defending them against Distributed Denial of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-06-18 Holden Gordon , Christopher Batula , Bhagyashri Tushir , Behnam Dezfouli , Yuhong Liu

Sensor deployments in Smart Homes have long reached commercial relevance for applications such as home automation, home safety or energy consumption awareness and reduction. Nevertheless, due to the heterogeneity of sensor devices and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-04-19 Martin Strohbach , Luis Adan Saavedra , Pavel Smirnov , Stefaniia Legostaieva

The Internet of Things (IoT) is already transforming industries, cities, and homes. The economic value of this transformation across all industries is estimated to be trillions of dollars and the societal impact on energy efficiency,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-08-04 Kevin Fu , Tadayoshi Kohno , Daniel Lopresti , Elizabeth Mynatt , Klara Nahrstedt , Shwetak Patel , Debra Richardson , Ben Zorn

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 threats. To limit these threats a number of commercial…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-04-07 Anna Maria Mandalari , Hamed Haddadi , Daniel J. Dubois , David Choffnes

The connection of home electronic devices to the internet allows remote control of physical devices and involves the collection of large volumes of data. With the increase in the uptake of Internet-of-Things home devices, it becomes…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-09-13 David Buil-Gil , Steven Kemp , Stefanie Kuenzel , Lynne Coventry , Sameh Zakhary , Daniel Tilley , James Nicholson

As the innovation of smart devices and internet-of-things (IoT), smart homes have become prevalent. People tend to transform residences into smart homes by customizing off-the-shelf smart home platforms, instead of creating IoT systems from…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-08-12 Sheik Murad Hassan Anik , Xinghua Gao , Hao Zhong , Xiaoyin Wang , Na Meng

This paper aims to cover and summarize the field of IoT and related privacy concerns through the lens of privacy by design. With the ever-increasing incorporation of technology within our daily lives and an ever-growing active research into…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-10-17 Usama Younus , Rie Kamikubo

Given the exponential expansion of the internet, the possibilities of security attacks and cybercrimes have increased accordingly. However, poorly implemented security mechanisms in the Internet of Things (IoT) devices make them susceptible…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-28 Shams Forruque Ahmed , Shanjana Shuravi , Afsana Bhuyian , Shaila Afrin , Aanushka Mehjabin , Sweety Angela Kuldeep , Md. Sakib Bin Alam , Amir H. Gandomi

A city is a large human settlement that serves the people who live there, and a smart city is a concept of how cities might better serve their residents through new forms of technology. In this paper, we focus on four major smart city…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-07-07 Jiani Fan , Wenzhuo Yang , Ziyao Liu , Jiawen Kang , Dusit Niyato , Kwok-Yan Lam , Hongyang Du

Internet of Things (IoT), also referred to as the Internet of Objects, is envisioned as a holistic and transformative approach for providing numerous services. The rapid development of various communication protocols and miniaturization of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-07-19 Arsalan Mosenia

Answering end user security questions is challenging. While large language models (LLMs) like GPT, LLAMA, and Gemini are far from error-free, they have shown promise in answering a variety of questions outside of security. We studied LLM…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Vijay Prakash , Kevin Lee , Arkaprabha Bhattacharya , Danny Yuxing Huang , Jessica Staddon

There is a conflict between the need for security compliance by users and the fact that commonly they cannot afford to dedicate much of their time and energy to that security. A balanced level of user engagement in security is difficult to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Martin Ruskov , Paul Ekblom , M. Angela Sasse

A wide variety of simple sensors, e.g. for temperature, light, or humidity, is finding its way into smart homes. There are special features to consider with regard to the data collected by these sensors: a) the nature of the measured data…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Albrecht Kurze , Karola Köferl , Andy Börner

The rise of Internet of things (IoT) technology has revolutionized urban living, offering immense potential for smart cities in which smart home, smart infrastructure, and smart industry are essential aspects that contribute to the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-09-25 Kashif Ishaq , Syed Shah Farooq