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Google’s Nest Acquisition: How Will Your Privacy Be Affected by the Internet of Things?

March 24, 2014 by David Glenn Leave a Comment

In the era of tech giants, privacy has almost become a luxury. This is because people are virtually connected to their computers or the Internet at all times. This has made social theorists quite concerned about the phenomenon known as the Internet of Things (IoT).

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IoT Defined

The Internet of Things is a term coined by Kevin Ashton during a 1999 supply-chain management presentation at Proctor & Gamble. For Ashton, IoT meant that the benefit of computers and the Internet can only come from the documentation of actions. Everything a person writes, clicks, downloads, consumes, uses, searches, and views on the Internet becomes not only a data profile on that person’s behavior, but data that constitutes the space of the Internet. The goal then is to document this data more and more fully, in the hope to be able to obtain a complete picture and scope for businesses to increase their efficiency and effectiveness toward consumers. [Read more…] about Google’s Nest Acquisition: How Will Your Privacy Be Affected by the Internet of Things?

Filed Under: Security Tagged With: home automation, Internet of things, Nest, Privacy, Security

Google buys ‘smart’ thermostat maker Nest for $3.2 bn

January 14, 2014 by DailyBits Leave a Comment

Google buys ‘smart’ thermostat maker Nest for $3.2 bn (via AFP)

Google on Monday announced that it is buying smart thermostat start-up Nest in a deal valued at $3.2 billion. “They’re already delivering amazing products you can buy right now — thermostats that save energy and smoke/CO alarms that can help keep your…


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