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Is your air fryer spying on you? Concerns over ‘excessive’ surveillance in smart devices

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65% Informative

Which? found smart devices engaged in “excessive” surveillance.

Three air fryers requested permission to record audio on the user’s phone through a connected app.

Xiaomi fryer and another by Aigostar sent personal data to servers in China .

Which? also found smartwatches that required “risky” phone permissions.

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59

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54

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69

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informal

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English

Language complexity

61

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not offensive

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short-lived

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