Though smart devices are getting safer, we must know what we’re bringing into our homes and set up their security features properly, says Steve Kerrison of James Cook University, Singapore.
Robot vacuums need to “see” where they’re going, which is aided by a camera orfrom far away, so that it can hear you at all times and respond to your prompts. But that means it can also hear your most personal conversations.As with any security concern, simply hoping for the best outcome seldom works. We must establish what could go wrong and how serious it can be.
Sure to strike a nerve with parents of young children is the prospect of a baby monitor being hacked. Modern baby monitors allow parents to check on their kids from their smartphone, but they also open the possibility for a hacker to do the same, even talk to their victims using two-way audio. While stories of device hacks might make us think twice, the good news is that both consumers and industry players are learning from them. Weaknesses that used to exist in devices have been fixed, and privacy safeguards have increased in response to growing public concern.
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