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Just a few of the smart household devices that will spy on you!
The head of the US intelligence community has acknowledged for the first time that
American spy agencies might use a new generation of smart household devices to increase their surveillance capabilities. James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, made the remarks on Tuesday during a testimony before the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees as part of an assessment of threats facing the United States.
"In the future, intelligence services might use the [Internet of Things] for identification, surveillance, monitoring, location tracking, and targeting for recruitment, or to gain access to networks or user credentials," Clapper said.
The Internet of Things is the network of physical objects—devices, vehicles, buildings and other items which are embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity, which enables these objects to collect and exchange data.
Clapper did not specifically name any intelligence agency as involved in the surveillance of household devices. But technology experts and privacy advocates examining the Internet of Things believe that US surveillance agencies will intercept the signals the newly networked devices emit, much as they do with those from mobile phones.
The experts warn that thousands of completely unsecured web-connected devices are currently used by customers.
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