A Study on Privacy Issues in Internet of Things (IoT)

摘要

Internet of Things (IoT) is an interconnected wireless network where smart nodes (IoT devices) interact with each other in order to exchange data through the communicating medium. loT have rapidly increased in popularity, demand, and commercial availability within the past several years. Various IoT applications generate a huge amount of data from different types of resources, including smart cities, manufacturing industries, health institutions, and governments. Due to the pervasive nature of IoT and the limitless opportunities that this technology provides, security and privacy becomes two key concerns for the users of these smart offerings. Most of the privacy threats disclosing the private information to unwanted party and gives rise to serious implications in various IoT application. Thus, this paper will analyze existing literature related to various privacy threats in IoT, privacy issues in different applications of IoT and present summary of the study.