Environmental monitoring device

A computer-program product for use in conjunction with an electronic device, the computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and a computer-program mechanism embedded therein to determine a risk metric, the computer-program mechanism including:

• instructions for receiving sensor data from a set of electronic devices, wherein the sensor data represents environmental conditions in external environments of the set of electronic devices, and wherein the set of electronic devices at least includes electronic devices other than the electronic device;
• instructions for analyzing the sensor data, wherein the analysis involves comparing the sensor data from a given electronic device in the set of electronic devices with the sensor data from a remainder of the set of electronic devices;
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• instructions for determining the risk metric for an external environment associated with the given electronic device based on the analyzed sensor data.

A processor-implemented method for determining a risk metric, wherein the method comprises:

• receiving sensor data from a set of electronic devices, wherein the sensor data represents environmental conditions in external environments of the set of electronic devices, and wherein the set of electronic devices at least includes electronic devices other than the electronic device;
• using the processor, analyzing the sensor data, wherein the analysis involves comparing the sensor data from a given electronic device in the set of electronic devices with the sensor data from a remainder of the set of electronic devices;
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• determining the risk metric for an external environment associated with the given electronic device based on the analyzed sensor data.