Practical Internet of Things Security - Second Edition

Smart homes

Smart home data can be collected by many different devices and sent to many different places. A smart meter, for example, may transmit data to a gateway that then relays it to the utility company for billing purposes. Emergent smart grid features such as demand response will enable the smart meter to collect and forward information from the home's individual appliances that consume electricity from the power grid. In the absence of any privacy protections, an eavesdropper could theoretically begin to piece together a puzzle that shows when certain appliances are used within a home, and whether homeowners are home or not. The merging of electronic data corresponding to physical-world states and events is a serious concern related ...