Bangalore: The CES played host to not just the tech frenzy mobile phones and tablets, but even for some household items ranging from cooking pots to cars, which can connect themselves to the internet and share information. The Smart Home project by Samsung that allow users to control a variety of household devices, such as air conditioners, refrigerators and vacuum cleaners by using an app on their Android Smartphones; a cooking pot by Belkin that can connect itself to the internet, were all stars of the show. However, these devices that constitute the ’Internet of things‘—a term proposed by Kevin Ashton in 2009—raises a question: Can the security and privacy of data be compromised for comfort and convenience?

Data, from the connected devices such as household appliances, is collected and stored in a remote server. This can be accessed via a smartphone app that can control these devices.