FIG. 31 is a flow chart that illustrates exemplary sensing as a service in accordance with one or more embodiments. The first step 3102 of the process involves the user attempting to login to the sensor management and provisioning dashboard. In the next step, the user is authenticated and if the username and password are correct the user is directed to the dashboard 3104 where a display of all activated and deactivated sensors are presented. If login information is incorrect, an error message is served. In one embodiment, the temperature, pressure, and humidity sensors can be activated and every other sensor such as: GPS/GNSS location, cellular location, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, volatile organic compound detector, light sensor, infrared sensor, Bluetooth based location, and RF spectrum power monitor are deactivated. In the next step 3106, the user selects a few or all available sensors for activation. For example, the accelerometer and gyroscope could be selected for activation. As a result, a confirmation message is generated 3108 to ask the user to accept the terms and conditions and also the fees for the subscription to the two sensors as chosen in this example. The fee structures could be setup to be charged weekly, monthly, or any other time period. In addition, depending on when a user has subscribed to a set of sensors, the sensor fees could be prorated such that the billing cycle matches to the cycle that the user has initially chosen. The subscription model can also be setup such that each sensor is charged independently. Further, a new billing cycle can be setup and old sensor subscription fees could be prorated to match the new sensor billing cycle. After the user accepts the terms and fees (could also be free depending on the service) the sensors are enabled 3110 in this example and shown in the dashboard. In addition, during this step 3110, the electronic device is also configured to enable or disable one or more sensors depending on the activation or deactivation choice by the user.