Smart homes are becoming more popular and there are more and more different devices for smart homes being made. Discussions have increased about the low security level of these devices, how much data is shared with companies that provide these services and how that data is used. This study aims to find what methods are most common for securing smart homes and not sharing too much data, and why these methods are used. The question that the study is based on is: What safety precautions do users take to not spread their private information through devices in smart homes and why? To answer this question a survey has been conducted by letting people answer an online survey and interviews based on the online survey. The answers from the online survey were then subjected to statistical testing, and for the interviews a thematic analysis was made. The most common methods for being safe in smart homes were strong passwords, having different passwords for different services, updating software on devices for smart homes and using multi-factor authentication. During the following interviews the interviewees motivated the reason for using these methods with them being easy to use, convenient and that some services required them. The interviewees also frequently spoke about why they did not use certain methods, which was lack of knowledge about those methods and the associated risks, not having anything to hide and that some methods were too complicated to use.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:su-219616 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Haupt, Carl-Fredrik Eugen, Ankarstad, Erik |
| Publisher | Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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