Smart Home Personal Assistants

A smart home personal assistant technology is an intrinsic system, which incorporates many elements such as users, Smart Home Personal Assistants (SPA) devices, cloud, skill provider and other responsive devices. Even though Smart Home Personal Assistants give a robust security and privacy options, the devices face many weaknesses, which make the system vulnerable and can be comprised by adversaries, who can capitalize on limitations to gain access to delicate information and privacy of users. In this research, the aim is to assess how invention and innovation of security and SPA can be harnessed by users to interrelate with the system. Subsequently, this write-up will address both the problems related to the system and attempt to bring in solutions, which makes the technology more adaptable and versatile to all users. Initial studies show that some of the weakness underlying the technology include the open-nature of the voice channel, complexity of the architecture, software implications, and the utility of the technology to less proficient users. As a result, the study anticipates at solving the voice squatting attack, using the SPA intelligent assistant, incorporating a filer to filter the ultrasonic attack and noise as well as trying to assess the efficacy of the elements developed against the voice squatting attacks. The study found out that there is a need to mitigate the attacks on the blockchain technology and Natural Language Processors (NLP) to assure protection of SPA from attacks.

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Household intelligent personal assistants in the Netherlands: Exploring privacy concerns around surveillance, security, and platforms

Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies ◽

10.1177/13548565211042234 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 135485652110422

Author(s):

Anouk Mols ◽

Yijing Wang ◽

Jason Pridmore

Keyword(s):

Smart Home ◽

Group Analysis ◽

Mixed Methods Study ◽

Privacy Concerns ◽

Home Life ◽

Survey Results ◽

Nuanced Understanding ◽

Personal Assistants ◽

Domestic Appliances

Intelligent personal assistants (IPAs), also known as smart speakers, are becoming part of everyday life in more and more households around the world. Phone and household IPAs are integrated in intimate home contexts and require connections to (social) media profiles, user accounts, and domestic appliances. Users can control their household with voice-activated commands in order to make life more convenient and efficient. Yet, IPAs also bring privacy and surveillance concerns about devices “listening in,” the “platformization” of home life, and data security. Our exploratory mixed-methods study provides an in-depth and multidimensional account of users' privacy concerns around the emergence of IPAs in Dutch households. We differentiate between surveillance, security, and platform concerns, and our survey results indicate by which factors these are influenced. The focus group analysis highlights the role of conversation, recordability, locatability, control-ability, and assistance affordances. Our findings present a multidimensional and nuanced understanding of privacy concerns around household IPAs. We indicate how smart home technologies raise concerns about privacy, surveillance, device security, everyday behavior, and platform transparency, topics that demand urgent attention before the integration of IPAs will be fully normalized.

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Privacy Norms for Smart Home Personal Assistants

Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems ◽

10.1145/3411764.3445122 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Noura Abdi ◽

Xiao Zhan ◽

Kopo M. Ramokapane ◽

Jose Such

Keyword(s):

Smart Home ◽

Personal Assistants

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Design and Application of Smart and Electrical Wheelchair and Charging Station for the Disabled Citizen

Academic Perspective Procedia ◽

10.33793/acperpro.03.01.67 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 346-353

Author(s):

Naim Suleyman Tinğ ◽

Huseyin Ozel ◽

Lokman Celik ◽

Enes Ganidagli ◽

Hilal Akkamis

Keyword(s):

Smart Home ◽

Touch Screen ◽

Direct Access ◽

Charging Station ◽

The Disabled ◽

Solar Powered ◽

Home Technology ◽

Smart Home Technology ◽

Smart Wheelchair ◽

Design And Application

In this paper, the design and application of smart wheelchair and charging station for disabled citizen is realized. The first stage of the paper is to make the wheelchair used by our disabled citizens able to access smart home technology via the vehicle via touch screen. The ability of citizens with disabilities to call with direct access via touch screen is also in the wheelchair designed. Thanks to the touch screen placed on the vehicle, disabled citizens are provided with the control of smart automation to control many objects such as curtains and doors in the home. In the second part of the paper, a solar powered charging station is designed and installed in order to charge battery powered wheelchairs. In the charging station made a special card reader system and has the charger to charge the card with disabilities to actively and means are provided.

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FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ACCEPTANCE OF SMART HOME APPLICATIONS

Global Fashion Management Conference ◽

10.15444/gmc2018.01.08.01 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 ◽

pp. 67-67

Author(s):

Marco Hubert ◽

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Markus Blut ◽

Christian Brock ◽

Ruby Wenjiao Zhang

Keyword(s):

Smart Home ◽

Factors Influencing

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User Authentication Schemes of Remote Access Devices for Smart-Home Grid Environment

The e-Business Studies ◽

10.15719/geba.16.1.201502.65 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 65-82

Author(s):

김창희 ◽

HONG YOUN SIK ◽

최성욱

Keyword(s):

Smart Home ◽

User Authentication ◽

Remote Access ◽

Grid Environment ◽

Authentication Schemes

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Conception and implementation of a course for professional training and education in the field of IoT and smart home security

Electronic Imaging ◽

10.2352/issn.2470-1173.2020.3.mobmu-276 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (3) ◽

pp. 277-1-277-8

Author(s):

Michael Pilgermann ◽

Thomas Bocklisch ◽

Reiner Creutzburg

Keyword(s):

Smart Home ◽

Professional Training ◽

Raspberry Pi ◽

Science Students ◽

Training And Education ◽

Home Security ◽

Master Level ◽

University Course ◽

Home Technology ◽

Smart Home Technology

The aim of this paper is to describe the new concept of a Master level university course for computer science students to address the issues of IoT and Smart Home Security. This concept is well suited for professional training for interested customers and allows the creation of practical exercises. The modular structure of the course contains lectures and exercises on the following topics: 1. Introduction - IoT and Smart Home Technology and Impact 2. Homematic Technology and Smart Home Applications 3. Loxone Technology and Smart Home Applications 4. Raspberry Pi and Smart Home Applications 5. Security of IoT and Smart Home Systems and contains laboratory exercises of diverse complexities.

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