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Reflections on Trust in Devices: An Informal Survey of Human Trust in an Internet-of-Things Context

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Trust is an essential component of every interaction we make. For some transactions we need very little trust, while for others we may be quite risk averse. In this paper we investigate trust in an Internet-of-Things environment. Can we trust devices? How can we quantify trust in devices?

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Køien, G.M. Reflections on Trust in Devices: An Informal Survey of Human Trust in an Internet-of-Things Context. Wireless Pers Commun 61, 495–510 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-011-0386-4

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