The Internet of Things (IOT) means connecting people, things, and devices in order to create an omnipresent computing world. One of the most important challenges in convincing users to adopt this kind of all-around network is the protection of security and privacy in different applications. This paper presents the results of interviews conducted in a Finnish study during 8/2012-2/2013. In this research, 11 Finnish people working with different aspects of IOT development and 11 ordinary Finnish people were interviewed. The goal was to investigate their feelings on the IOT and its applications, as well as personal opinions on security and individual privacy in the IOT. Most of the answerers in this study believed that we are heading towards the IOT in the future and many IOT applications were seen tempting. However, security and privacy issues, the lack of control, and the actual need for versatile IOT applications were questioned. The people working with the IOT were found to be more critical towards the IOT than the ordinary people. An introduction of the IOT, examples of potential applications, the conducted interviews and collected answers, as well as highlights of the collected free comments are presented in this paper.
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Finland; Individual Privacy; Internet Of Things; Interviews; Security
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