The Internet of Things (IoT) has potential to deliver important benefits for IoT users, society and public good. How do citizens feel about sharing data from personal devices compared with “smart city” data collection in public spaces, with government and nongovernmental organizations, and across different situations? What predicts willingness to share their data with government? Through a nationally representative survey of over 2000 US respondents as well as interviews, we explore the willingness of citizens to share their data in various circumstances, using the contextual integrity framework, the literature on the “publicness” of organizations, and public value creation. Across different contexts, from half to 2/3 of survey respondents were willing to share data from their own IoT devices for public benefits, and 80%−93% supported the use of sensors in public places for a variety of collective purposes. Trust in government was significantly related to data sharing and support for smart city data collection. Yet government in the United States is less trusted with this data than other organizations with public purposes, such as nonprofits. Cultivating trust through transparent and responsible data stewardship will be important for future use of IoT data for public good.

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公共利益和公众对物联网数据共享的态度

物联网 (IoT) 有潜力为物联网用户、社会和公共利益带来重要利益。与公共场所、政府和非政府组织以及不同情况下的“智慧城市”数据收集相比，公民对从个人设备共享数据有何看法？什么预示着他们愿意与政府分享数据？通过对 2000 多名美国受访者进行的全国代表性调查和访谈，我们利用情境完整性框架、有关组织“公共性”和公共价值创造的文献，探讨了公民在各种情况下分享数据的意愿。在不同的背景下，一半到 2/3 的调查受访者愿意为了公共利益共享自己的物联网设备的数据，80%−93% 支持在公共场所使用传感器来实现各种集体目的。对政府的信任与数据共享和对智慧城市数据收集的支持密切相关。然而，与非营利组织等其他具有公共目的的组织相比，美国政府对这些数据的信任度较低。通过透明和负责任的数据管理来培养信任对于未来将物联网数据用于公共利益至关重要。