Q: Which type of network technology is being used?

A: The device is using bluetooth technology. The connection is encrypted to meet standards for bluetooth devices and sends data to the Azure Cloud IoT platform. Each device has its own encrypted connection. The data is being processed accordingly to GDPR requirements. 


A: The theoretical bandwidth is around 60 kbps in uplink.


Q: How is the Bluetooth connection protected against hacking?

 A: Bluetooth only facilitates standard profiles as we know it from most other Bluetooth units. The Bluetooth accessibility is only for authorized experts and is temporary, to use for potential manual updates. It is extremely unlikely that a hacker would be able to reach the advanced programming of the unit. In the unlikely event where that happens, the hacker would need to be close to the unit and could only find shower-time information. Sampling data is not being stored on the unit as there are neither space or capacity for this. 

Q: Exactly which data is exchanged via network?

Q: Does the unit contain an actual microphone or merely a component that only registers a limited frequency?


A: The unit has a sound detector (microphone-like component that is limited with a filter to the frequency range made by water noises, and cannot be programmed otherwise.) It registers only split seconds of the soundwave patterns and is used to detect the water noises made by a shower: G2 registers a spilt second (50/1000 seconds of soundwave patterns) – and this can only happen if the PIR-sensor notices motion. G2 is analyzing the sound-data locally and it is deleted after each measurement and is never passed on. The only information that is passed on is whether is turned on or off and for how long (events). It sends an answer if there is running water or not.


Q: Is there a camera – or what kind of sensor is it? What does it “see”? Does it pass on data that it “hear” and “see”?


A: There is no camera in the unit. There is a sensor which is activated the same way you activate a non-contact faucet. It is a so called PIR-sensor, an infra-red sensor, that registers motion or non-motion. 
No sound data is passed on from the sound detector of the PIR-sensor. The only information that is passed on is whether is turned on or off and for how long (events). Aguardio, being the data processors, can only see anonymous sensor data about shower time.  
 


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