2025/12/10 by Kurze, Albrecht, Bischof, Andreas, Berger, Arne
Computer Science · #Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC) #Innovative Human-Technology Interaction #IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2512.09755
openalex publication_date 2025/12/10 · openalex created_date 2025/12/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
More and more smart connected things and services turn our homes into smart environments. They promise comfort, efficiency and security. These devices often integrate simple sensors, e.g. for temperature, light or humidity, etc. However, these smart but yet simple sensors can pose a sincere privacy risk. The sensor data enables sense-making of home attendance, domestic activities and even health conditions, often a fact that neither users nor developers are aware of or do not know how to address. Nevertheless, not all is lost or evil. This article makes a plea for how we, the ThingsCon community, might rethink smart connected things and services in our homes. We show this in our approaches and research projects that we initiated.