Brad Russell, research director for the connected home at Parks Associates, tells The Ambient that once the NYT report came out the company had lots of internal discussions about the impact of this revelation, and how the problem might be solved.
Before you can fix the problem though, you have to identify the weak spots in how we interact with our smart homes. The first one is right up front: it's the process in which we set up our smart homes in the first place.
From the article "We need to talk about protecting smart home residents from abuse" by Husain Sumra.
Additionally, a Parks Associates study conducted November 2022, found that roughly 45% of broadband internet households added some “major energy-saving device” to their home in 2021. From the artic...
Parks Associates, an American research firm, carried out a survey and noted that as of the end of 2021, 14% of homes with access to the internet had a network-connected security camera, while 15% of h...
The free Smart Living: Elevating the Resident Experience white paper from Parks Associates highlights new ways to serve the resident with enhanced experiences across all property classes. It investiga...
The panel of experts included Anna Scozzafava, VP/general manager, extended stay brands, strategy & operations, Choice Hotels International; Ron Pohl, president, international operations, BWH Hotels a...
