While many smart devices like fitness trackers are clearly designed to collect information, a growning number of household appliances like TVs, air fryers and speakers are collecting unnecessary amounts of private information on users, a new study says. — Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa
LONDON: Many smart devices including TVs, speakers, air fryers and smartwatches are making “excessive” requests for access to user data, according to a new study.
The UK consumer group Which has tested and rated a range of popular smart devices to give them a privacy score based on what data access requests they made.
