元器件交易网讯 6月24日消息，据外媒报道，美国飞塔（Fortinet）公司针对物联网进行调查，结果显示70%的用户担忧物联网信息安全问题。

　　本次调查主题为“物联网：连接家庭”，超过1800名年龄在20-50岁之间的消费者参与了调查，范围包含美国、澳大利亚、中国、德国、印度、英国等11个国家。

　　多数受访者认为家庭中的电子产品无缝连接到互联网在未来五年内“非常可能”实现，其中61%的美国人和84%的中国人选择了这一选项。

　　十分之四的人表示他们愿意为在家庭中运用物联网技术支付更多。但70%的受访者表示，他们“非常担心”或“有些担心”数据及个人信息泄露。

　　三分之二的受访者认为政府应该规范数据收集过程以及收集后厂商使用这些数据的范围。只有三分之一美国人希望政府监督数据——这大概是斯诺登爆料安全局已经在收集个人数据造成的结果。

　　IDC预计未来六年物联网市场将扩大到7.1万亿美元。（元器件交易网毛毛  编译）

　　以下为原文：

　　The Internet-of-Things is a thing. If youhaven’t heard about it yet, get ready because we’re in the early stages of anexplosion of technology that will connect, monitor, and in some cases sharealmost every aspect of our lives. Fortinet conducted a survey of consumers tofind out what people think about the security and privacy concerns of theInternet-of-Things.

　　The survey, titled “Internet of Things:Connected Home,” was produced in partnership with GMI, a division of LightspeedResearch. More than 1,800 consumers between the ages of 20 and 50 who claim tobe tech savvy participated in the survey, which was administered in 11countries around the world, including the United States, Australia, China,Germany, India, and the United Kingdom.

　　The majority of those surveyed believe thata connected home—a home in which household appliances and home electronics areseamlessly connected to the Internet—is “extremely likely” to be a reality inthe next five years. The actual number was 61 percent in the United States, andan overwhelming 84 percent in China.

　　Four out of 10 people indicated they’d bewilling to pay more for a home that was optimized to take advantage of IoTtechnologies (nearly half if you include the “maybe” group). Half of thosesurveyed also said they’d be willing to pay more for better Internet servicecapable of smoothly handling an IoT connected home environment. Fewer than 20percent of respondents from the United States stated they would absolutely notpay more for Internet service to accommodate IoT.

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　　Most of those surveyed are concerned aboutdata breaches and protecting personal data gathered by connected devices.

　　Along with that confidence that theconnected home is essentially a foregone conclusion, Fortinet also foundsignificant concern about sensitive data being exposed as a result of IoT.Overall, 70 percent of the survey participants indicated that they are“extremely concerned” or “somewhat concerned” about data breaches or havingsensitive personal information compromised.

　　A majority of respondents expressed fearover privacy and trust issues. Nearly 60 percent of those surveyed in theUnited States agreed with the statement, “Privacy is important to me, and I donot trust how this type of data may be used.”

　　When asked how they would feel if theydiscovered that an IoT connected home device was surreptitiously or anonymouslygathering information about them and sharing it with others without theirknowledge and consent, 67 percent of Americans answered, “Completely violatedand extremely angry to the point where I would take action.”

　　By a ratio of nearly 2-to-1, most of thosesurveyed feel that their government should regulate how data is collected, andwhat vendors are allowed or not allowed to do with it once it’s collected. TheUnited States scored lower than most countries, however, with only one-thirdseeking government oversight of data—probably a reaction to the Snowdenrevelations that the NSA is already systemically gathering and arguably abusingpersonal data.

　　IDC projects that the Internet-of-Things(IoT) market will explode to $7.1 trillion over the next six years. John Maddison,vice president of marketing at Fortinet, proclaimed, “The ultimate winners ofthe IoT connected home will come down to those vendors who can provide abalance of security and privacy vis-à-vis price and functionality.”