The concept of smart home in recent years is quite popular, and many giants and entrepreneurs have been beach entry, the relevant smart home products have mushroomed. Although the smart home is not fully landed due to the standard chaos, higher product prices, lower public acceptance, but still in the rapid evolution of the giant launched a variety of smart sound is the best proof. But recently exposed a lot of things but people dull: smart home products even peeping you!
And these to peek "for the music," the smart home products, some loopholes led to the use of hackers, some manufacturers "ulterior motives" to collect personal data to prepare for sale to a large fishing ... ... but no matter how smart home age The panic is approaching. Which will also give the entire smart home industry trouble, was excluded by the public.
Sweeping robots also "mutiny"! Personal privacy almost all leaked
Recently, Reuters reported that the world's famous sweeping robot brand iRobot CEO - Colin Angle revealed in the interview, plans to sell the user's family information, involving the layout, decoration layout and other types of information to draw. As the supreme ruler of the company, this statement immediately led to one-sided criticism. Although the CEO then said that private information is always in the hands of users themselves. And in the end to share these data or not, will obtain the consent of the user, the purpose is to optimize the experience.
But this feedback did not let the user's anger subsided, because there have been news that iRobot will sell the data to Amazon, Apple and Google. Although the CEO said the way to take is definitely not "sell", but it only means that there are other ways. Such as user privacy information exchange in the hands of these giants some of the convenience, access to certain services, in fact, than the direct sale can receive more benefits. Did not expect, hackers have not come to the door, the manufacturers themselves to pondering with personal privacy fishing gold, it is people speechless.
As a smart home in the "entry products", sweeping robots can directly collect the user's personal privacy, is undoubtedly a kind of smart home the biggest ridicule. Not only that, even the manufacturers also joined the ranks of the leak, such a "mutiny" can not be tolerated.
Cause panic! Smart home itself to get into trouble
In January last year, a family mate revealed the words of the Samsung SmartTV Privacy Act. "When you talk about topics that contain personal or other sensitive information, they are also taken as data and transmitted to third parties" The Although the exposure of Samsung in time to amend the relevant regulations, but users have to set their own to stop the "voice recognition" for data collection. Even Samsung also said that doing so "may affect the use of part of the voice recognition function." How to say it, is simply, sure and extremely shameless.
In addition, LG with the Korean business is also very tough, "in order to be able to get all the services of smart TV, you must agree to our privacy regulations, so that your LG smart TV and our system have more information exchange." And Synack security company experts on the camera, home automation controller and thermostat controller 16 intelligent home products to detect and found that most of the equipment is very easy to invade.
Of course, had also been a smart home products leaked personal privacy data incident, and caused a certain economic losses. And these after the report, the rapid fermentation on the Internet, has become much public attention of the news. Compared to those "eat XX is likely to poison" and so on in the WeChat is also widely circulated also true news, smart home products as part of life more attention. They exist in the potential risks, naturally will lead to collective panic.
And ultimately, this panic will be back to the smart home industry itself. The public on the smart home to be skeptical, and even retreat, will let the smart home slow the popularity of the speed, more difficult to land. Smart home risk, not pit teammates, but directly pit their own!
Both innovation and safety: smart home must learn to walk on both legs
We understand that as a new and great potential of things, it wants to sarcasm to develop the mentality. But if only focus on innovation, but ignored the importance of security, but ultimately it is to spend more money and energy to make up for the late. And once the public harm and loss of confidence, it is how much money and innovative features are not for the back.
To this end, the smart home in the development process, must be equal to innovation and safety, learn to walk on two legs. Otherwise, you can only lame the legs to walk, and then tasted the bitter price.