"Data privacy concerns over Internet of Things"

The smart watch! It will receive calls, texts from your phone all while reading your medical vital signs. An accessory many wrap around their wrists, some for health reasons, others for the sake of looking “woke”. It is evident from the Jumia interface that those wrist accessories are popular. “The increase in health awareness by Ugandans and availability of affordable smart watches are some of the reasons smart watches are now popular in Uganda,” Mr Neville Igasira, chief marketing officer, Jumia Uganda says...

With IoT consumer devices, you are under surveillance. Ponder on the fact that with a smart watch, a company is obtaining your medical information and routines. And a smart home knows when you are home, when you are not, with whom you hang around, what you say, what you watch among others. It is terrifying. Now imagine that information was leaked to the public. It is worse off for medical IoT because devices such as pacemakers determine your lifeline. “Increased data collection and usage may yield innovation, technological progress, and improved utility, but could also lead to the erosion of privacy and data exploitation without consent,” the CRS report reads in part.