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3 ways to get consumers to trust internet-connected devices

Sixty-three per cent of consumers worldwide find connected devices 'creepy'

Sixty-three per cent of consumers worldwide find connected devices 'creepy'. Image: Onur Binay/Unsplash

Anu Devi
Project Lead, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum
Fanyu Lin
Chief Executive Officer, Fluxus LLC
Karen Lightman
Executive Director , Metro21, Carnegie Mellon University
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