There are thousands of Internet of Things devices being connected to the internet daily. Many of these devices come from companies with very loose security protocols for their devices, as their primary concern is profits, not data privacy and protection. With a multitude of these devices being introduced to modern environments daily, researches at Carnegie Mellon have developed an app that will help its users protect themselves against unwanted IoT tracking from these various devices.
The app, which is currently in its beta stage, is called the Internet of Things (IoT) Assistant. Its purpose is ti scan for any unidentified IoT devices nearby, tell app users what they do, and guide the users to opt out of data collection, if possible.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3a8pgj/internet-of-things-tracking-app-spying
LIS 4022 Spring 2020 