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  • Our smart devices are watching us

    It's time for us to watch them

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    Relaunching April 2025

    Major revision since our first release in 2019

    We will release the new version in Jan 2025 — just in time for you to check any new devices purchased during the holiday seasons. The new version will be available on Linux (e.g., Raspberry Pi), macOS (Apple Silicon), and Windows 11. You can also view our GitHub repository.

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  • What is IoT Inspector?

    Built by academic researchers, IoT Inspector is an open-source desktop app that lets you visualize what your smart home IoT devices are doing behind the scene and identify potential security and privacy violations

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    Visualize network activities

    What are my devices doing?

    See what your devices are doing, how many bytes they are sending and receiving, and which companies they are communicating with

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    Identify security and privacy risks

    Are my devices hacked?

    Based on the network activities, you can see whether your devices are sending data when they are not supposed to, or to companies you don't know about

    Learn more: research paper | presentation video | how we collect data | source code | university IRB approval

     

    Media coverage: NPR | fast company | washington post | verge | wired | the atlantic | cbc news | 9to5mac | techcrunch | gizmodo | WHCR Voice of Harlem

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  • Who are we?

    We are academic researchers from all around the world

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    Prof. Danny Y. Huang (New York University)

    Prof. Anupam Das (North Carolina State University)

    Rameen Mahmood (New York University)

    Vijay Prakash (New York University)

    Md. Jakaria (North Carolina State University)

    Prof. Noah Apthorpe (Colgate University)

    Prof. Nick Feamster (University of Chicago)

    Dr. Deepak Kumar (Stanford University)

    Prof. Gunes Acar (Radboud University)

    Prof. Frank Li (Georgia Institute of Technology)

    Prof. Arvind Narayanan (Princeton University)

    This work is supported in part by National Science Foundation Awards 1739809, 2219867, 2232655, and 2346332, as well as Amazon, CableLabs, Cisco, Comcast, Consumer Reports, Hewlett Foundation, and Microsoft.

  • Publications

    IoT Inspector's development is driven by research since 2016

    Can Allowlists Capture the Variability of Home IoT Device Network Behavior?

    Weijia He, Kevin Bryson, Ricardo Calderon, Vijay Prakash, Nick Feamster, Danny Yuxing Huang, Blase Ur

    European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EuroS&P). 2024.

     

    Connecting the Dots: Tracing Data Endpoints in IoT Devices

    Md Jakaria, Danny Yuxing Huang, Anupam Das

    Proceedings of Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PoPETS). 2024

     

    Personalizing Privacy Protection With Individuals' Regulatory Focus: Would You Preserve or Enhance Your Information Privacy?

    Reza Ghaiumy Anaraky, Yao Li, Hichang Cho, Danny Yuxing Huang, Kaileigh Angela Byrne, Bart Knijnenburg, Oded Nov

    ACM SIG CHI (Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction). 2024.

     

    In the Room Where It Happens: Characterizing Local Communication and Threats in Smart Homes

    Aniketh Girish, Tianrui Hu, Vijay Prakash, Daniel J. Dubois, Srdjan Matic, Danny Yuxing Huang, Serge Egelman, Joel Reardon, Juan Tapiador, David Choffnes, Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez

    ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC). 2023.

     

    Behind the Scenes: Uncovering TLS and Server Certificate Practice of IoT Device Vendors in the Wild

    Hongying Dong, Hao Shu, Vijay Prakash, Yizhe Zhang, Muhammad Talha Paracha, David Choffnes, Santiago Torres-Arias, Danny Yuxing Huang, Yixin Sun

    ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC). 2023

     

    Augmented Reality's Potential for Identifying and Mitigating Home Privacy Leaks

    Stefany Cruz, Logan Danek, Shinan Liu, Christopher Kraemer, Zixin Wang, Nick Feamster, Danny Yuxing Huang, Yaxing Yao, Josiah Hester

    Workshop on Usable Security and Privacy (USEC). 2023.

     

    Inferring Software Update Practices on Smart Home IoT Devices Through User Agent Analysis

    Vijay Prakash, Sicheng Xie, Danny Yuxing Huang

    ACM Workshop on Software Supply Chain Offensive Research and Ecosystem Defenses (SCORED). 2022.

     

    Three Years of Crowdsourcing Smart Home Network Traffic

    Danny Yuxing Huang

    USENIX ;login; Magazine. 2022.

     

    IoT Inspector: Crowdsourcing Labeled Network Traffic from Smart Home Devices at Scale
    Danny Yuxing. Huang, Noah Apthorpe, Gunes Acar, Frank Li, and Nick Feamster
    Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT / Ubicomp). 2020.

     

    Watching You Watch: The Tracking Ecosystem of Over-the-Top TV Streaming Devices

    Hooman Mohajeri Moghaddam, Gunes Acar, Ben Burgess, Arunesh Mathur, Danny Yuxing Huang, Nick Feamster, Edward W. Felten, Prateek Mittal, Arvind Narayanan

    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS). 2019.

     

    Keeping the Smart Home Private with Smart(er) IoT Traffic Shaping

    Noah Apthorpe, Danny Yuxing Huang, Dillon Reisman, Arvind Narayanan, Nick Feamster

    Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS). 2019.

     

    Evaluating the Contextual Integrity of Privacy Regulation: Parents' IoT Toy Privacy Norms Versus COPPA

    Noah Apthorpe, Sarah Varghese, Nick Feamster

    USENIX Security Symposium. 2019.

     

    Fast Web-based Attacks to Discover and Control IoT Devices

    Gunes Acar, Danny Y. Huang, Frank Li, Arvind Narayanan, and Nick Feamster

    ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on IoT Security and Privacy. 2018.

     

    Security and Privacy Analyses of Internet of Things Children's Toys

    Gordon Chu, Noah Apthorpe, Nick Feamster

    IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J). 2018.

     

    Machine Learning DDoS Detection for Consumer Internet of Things Devices

    Rohan Doshi, Noah Apthorpe, Nick Feamster

    IEEE Deep Learning and Security Workshop (DLS). 2018.

     

    Discovering IoT Smart Home Privacy Norms using Contextual Integrity

    Noah Apthorpe, Yan Shvartzshnaider, Arunesh Mathur, Dillon Reisman, Nick Feamster

    ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (Ubicomp/IMWUT). 2018.

     

    Cleartext Data Transmissions in Consumer IoT Medical Devices

    Daniel Wood, Noah Apthorpe, Nick Feamster

    Workshop on Internet of Things Security and Privacy (IoT S&P). 2017

     

    Closing the Blinds: Four Strategies for Protecting Smart Home Privacy from Network Observers

    Noah Apthorpe, Dillon Reisman, Nick Feamster

    Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection (ConPro). 2017.

     

    A Smart Home is No Castle: Privacy Vulnerabilities of Encrypted IoT Traffic

    Noah Apthorpe, Dillon Reisman, Nick Feamster

    Data and Algorithmic Transparency Workshop (DAT). 2016.

  • Questions?

    Visit our GitHub page for contact info.

    New York University - Tandon School of Engineering, 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
    iot-inspector-study@nyu.edu

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