A Era da Rede 5G no Futuro da Segurança da Internet das Coisas em Portugal: Estudo da Perceção e Consciencialização da Privacidade dos Dados dos Utilizadores

Luís Carlos Cezar Meneses

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Authors:

Luís Carlos Cezar Meneses (Luís Carlos Cezar Meneses)

Supervisors:

Carlos Manuel Costa Lourenço Caleiro (Carlos Manuel Costa Lourenço Caleiro); Gonçalo Baptista De Sousa

Published in

December 15, 2022

Abstract

We live in a new era, where everything and everyone is interconnected through the internet. Within this world, guided by the processing of information, by commercial relations, learning and entertainment emerges the Internet of Things. Characterized as something beneficial, allowing various equipments with the ability to be connected to the internet, can interact, and communicate with each other, this technology is simultaneously a source of vulnerabilities regarding the security of information exchanged between these devices. The emergence of the 5G mobile communications network will boost the Internet of Things, enabling more connected equipment, faster data exchange, greater availability, among others. If on the one hand the 5G network may be promising in the Internet of Things technology, on the other hand, it is expected that it may bring disadvantages for the security and privacy of users' data. As such, the main objective of this work is to analyze citizens' perception of new risks and threats to the privacy of their data. Given this scenario, a questionnaire is sent to citizens living in Portugal and, based on the answers, they are analyzed in order to draw conclusions as to the perception and confidence that citizens have about the two technologies, whether they consider there is effective communication and dissemination about the impact of the 5G network in this technology, determine whether citizens accept the sharing of their personal data and assess their "digital behavior" in the face of the terms of use and security of applications and "smart" equipment.