# Axis: Take Control of Your Smart Device Data

By [Oz Protocol](https://paragraph.com/@ozprotocol) · 2024-11-02

depin, blockchain, vana, oz

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Your smart devices make life easier, but they also rob you of your privacy. Virtual assistants automate your home while recording conversations. Smart TVs recommend content while sharing your preferences with advertisers. Connected cars receive over-the-air updates while reporting your driving patterns to insurance companies.

Enter Axis, a platform that lets you take control of—and earn from—the devices you already own.

How Axis Works
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Axis is a desktop application that seamlessly integrates with smart devices through their APIs and SDKs. Unlike other DePIN protocols that focus on single data types, Axis already supports over 2,000 different devices.

### Smart Device Protection From Day One

Before you purchase a new smart device, use Axis to:

*   Research devices and vendors through their Privacy Score
    
*   Understand how much data they collect
    
*   Learn what they're allowed to do with your information
    

Our Privacy Score combines AI-powered analysis of privacy policies with real-time network traffic monitoring to give you a complete picture of data usage.

### Monetize Your Data (On Your Terms)

For your existing smart devices, Axis puts you in control. Through our partnership with the IoT Data DAO on Vana, you can:

*   Choose which data to share
    
*   Maintain ownership of your information
    
*   Earn rewards when your data is used
    
*   Opt out completely if you prefer
    

Why This Matters
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As AI agents become mainstream, sensor data is increasingly valuable. These agents need real-world data to respond to real-world events, making smart devices their eyes, ears in our homes and offices.

Currently, device manufacturers have backdoor access to our sensor data, often collecting it without our knowledge or consent. Axis is changing this dynamic by:

*   Giving control back to device owners
    
*   Enabling broader innovation
    
*   Creating transparency in data collection
    

We believe a simple principle: if you buy a device, you should own its data. A company's role in creating a sensor shouldn't grant them exclusive rights to the data it generates.

Axis is building a fairer future for smart device data—one device at a time.

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*Originally published on [Oz Protocol](https://paragraph.com/@ozprotocol/axis-take-control-of-your-smart-device-data)*