Smart Home Speakers

Essay Topic: Stuck between personalization benefits and privacy issues – a discussion of smart home speakers

Headings are flexible but should include:

– Introduction the context and invested parties:

o Parties invested: companies that sell smart speakers (e.g. Amazon, Google) and the Users of smart speakers

· Literature Review: Benefits and privacy considerations for each parties leveraging relevant theory:

o Theories that should be used (not limited to these theories):

§ Power responsibility equilibrium theory (of privacy) from lwin et al (2007)

§ the entity with the greatest power has an obligation to be responsible. otherwise, it leads to a lack of sustainability and negative consumer reactions (Caudill and murphy)

o Benefits of smart speakers (include this and more)

§ on benefits beyond the norm – Alexa has some kind of emotionally intelligent voice detection AI that helps recognize and detect a stroke (in your voice) before it happens and contact emergency services or can detect depression etc. these are hugely beneficial things.

· Risks to each party if the other is not satisfied

· Discussion of potential solutions including technical security measures and people-orientated solutions informed by literature

o Discuss Ethical OS Toolkit (8 Risk zones)

· Practical recommendations

· Directions for future research

· Conclusion. For more information on Smart, Home Speakers check on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=smart+home+speakers