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Internet of Things tweets (2009-2016) Arkaitz Zubiaga (2550919) Internet of things -- Social aspects Big data Computer security Twitter (Firm) Migrated from ePrints The Internet of Things (or IoT), which enables the networked interconnection of everyday objects, is becoming increasingly popular in many aspects of our lives ranging from entertainment to health care. While the IoT brings a set of invaluable advantages and opportunities with it, there is also evidence of numerous challenges that are yet to be resolved. This is certainly the case with regard to ensuring the cyber security of the IoT, and there are various examples of devices being hacked. Despite this evidence, little is known about the public perceptions of the opportunities and challenges presented by the IoT. To advance research in this direction, we mined the social media platform Twitter to learn about public opinion about the IoT. Analysing a longitudinal dataset of more than 6.7 million tweets, we reveal insights into public perceptions of the IoT, identifying big data analytics as the most positive aspect, whereas security issues are the main public concern on the negative side. Our study serves to highlight the importance of keeping IoT devices secure, and remind manufacturers that it is a concern that remains unresolved, at least insofar as the public believes.<br><br>Data record consists of an archive of tweets in .tsv format. The archive includes all tweets posted between 2009 and 2016 with one of the following keywords: #iot, internet of things or #internetofthings. This dataset released in accordance with Twitter's TOS, which allows sharing of tweet IDs and are intended for non-commercial research. Note: Twitter's developer policy doesn't allow sharing more than 1,500,000 tweet IDs unless the author is affiliated with an academic institution and tweet IDs are solely used for non-commercial purposes. 2017-12-08T00:00:00Z Dataset Dataset 10.82444/warw.33802639.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Internet_of_Things_tweets_2009-2016_/33802639 CC BY 4.0