Security and Privacy Issues in Contemporary Consumer Electronics [Energy and Security]

The advancements in consumer electronics (CE) in a variety of domains offer consumers new systems aimed at providing assistance, efficiency, comfort, connectivity, entertainment, and safety. Although CE provides new capabilities, services, and conveniences to consumers, it also brings new challenges. In particular, security and privacy issues emerging from these systems-including collecting sensitive patient data through medical equipment to location privacy concerns in personal devices-are critical.