Affiliation:
1. European Research Center for Information Systems, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
Abstract
Emerging technologies in video monitoring solutions seriously threaten personal privacy, as current technologies hold the potential for total surveillance. These concerns apply in particular to baby monitor solutions incorporating mobile applications due to the potential privacy impact of combining sensitive video recordings with access to the vast amount of private data on a cell phone. Therefore, this study extends the state of privacy research by assessing the security and privacy of popular baby monitor apps. We analyze network security measures that aim to protect baby monitoring streams, evaluate the corresponding privacy policies, and identify privacy leaks by performing network traffic analysis. Our results point to several problems that may compromise user privacy. We conclude that our methods can support the evaluation of the security and privacy of video surveillance solutions and discuss how to improve the protection of user data.
Funder
North-Rhine Westphalian Experts in Research on Digitalization
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