Is your air fryer spying on you? Concerns over ‘excessive’ surveillance in smart devices

A growing number of devices in homes are connected to the internet. Photograph: Grandbrothers/Alamy

Air fryers that gather your personal data and audio speakers “stuffed with trackers” are among examples of smart devices engaged in “excessive” surveillance, according to the consumer group Which?

The organisation tested three air fryers, increasingly a staple of British kitchens, each of which requested permission to record audio on the user’s phone through a connected app.