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Abstract
As artifacts of ambivalent IT, Internet of Things (IoT) technology based assistive devices become ubiquitous, and increasingly invasive, raising privacy and security concerns. Our research explores the influential factors that actuate, and help in mitigating, this threat phenomenon as perceived by IoT device users. Additionally, we examine how these different factors interact with each other and influence behavioral intention of the device users. We use survey methodology to collect data from 315 users of assistive IoT devices using pre-validated perceived measures. Our findings indicate that perceived threat severity and perceived threat vulnerability have significant effects on fear to adopt assistive IoT devices. Also, the moderating effect of desire is stronger in mitigating the effect of fear on intention to adopt assistive IoT devices. Implications to researchers and practitioners are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Chennamaneni, Anitha and Bhadauria, Vikram, "Era of Ambivalent IoT: Are we secure?" (2020). AMCIS 2020 Proceedings. 24.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2020/adoption_diffusion_IT/adoption_diffusion_IT/24
Era of Ambivalent IoT: Are we secure?
As artifacts of ambivalent IT, Internet of Things (IoT) technology based assistive devices become ubiquitous, and increasingly invasive, raising privacy and security concerns. Our research explores the influential factors that actuate, and help in mitigating, this threat phenomenon as perceived by IoT device users. Additionally, we examine how these different factors interact with each other and influence behavioral intention of the device users. We use survey methodology to collect data from 315 users of assistive IoT devices using pre-validated perceived measures. Our findings indicate that perceived threat severity and perceived threat vulnerability have significant effects on fear to adopt assistive IoT devices. Also, the moderating effect of desire is stronger in mitigating the effect of fear on intention to adopt assistive IoT devices. Implications to researchers and practitioners are discussed.
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