0620-IT devices pose greater threat to privacy than information collection by US government

While the U.S. government has aroused public ire over the collection of private information of citizens, the same piracy happens to be much more rampant through the means of various IT devices, suggesting needs of urgent counter-measures, U.S. media outlets including San Jose Mercury News reported on 16th in local time.
They explained that citizens are constantly monitored through the sensors built in devices like child monitoring systems, medical equipments, smart cars and stores, which can be seen from Smart TVs with Internet connection.
Cisco Systems presumed that by 2020, approximately 37 billion numbers of electronic devices will be connected altogether via a computer network.
What adds seriousness to this matter is that most of the citizens don’t even realize that their privacy is being infiltrated.
“The real problem is that people are not aware of the seriousness of this issue” said Lee Tien, a lawyer of Electronic Frontier Foundation of the U.S.
“Inasmuch as recent technological devices are extremely complicated thus difficult in tracking their information collecting routes, it suggests an additional pickle in figuring out where those information flow to.”
Experts say that as the numbers of devices that are mutually connected through network and transfer data without needing human intervention are currently skyrocketing, discerning the level of seriousness in private information piracy has become more difficult.
Media outlets also said that Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of the U.S. is at present garnering professional feedbacks as to prepare for the counter-measures.