Posted on 04/21/2021 9:00:28 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Yes, like all other devices around you, your Smart Home devices can be hacked too. You must be thinking how that is even possible.
Well, hackers have their way of finding their way around something. And nothing better than a Smart Home device that can allow a hacker to enter your home and quietly collect all your helpful information. This sensitive information can include your personally identifiable information, bank details, account details, and more.
Hackers can easily sneak into your Smart Home devices and find their way around the information which is most beneficial to them. So, instead of just protecting your phone or computer, you also need to protect other devices in your home at the same time. An inexpensive tool to ensure that your smart home devices remain safe is to use a VPN. You can always get a VPN that can work on multiple devices for ultimate protection.
According to Statista’s Digital Market Outlook, the number of Smart Home devices in the United States will reach up to 77.1 million by the year 2025. This clearly shows that a significant upsurge will be seen in the later years in the purchase of Smart Homes products.
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Why is it important to keep your Smart Home hackproof?
Well, it is significant to keep your Smart Home hackproof because it is an easy way for hackers and spies to get into your house and collect your details without physically trespassing into your house. This way, they can keep track of what you own, what you do, where you go, etc.
Hackers can hack your surveillance cameras, computers, door locks, thermostats, and even your baby monitors. There have been many cases reported in the United States in which baby monitors were actually hacked.
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Amen, and protective/alerting dogs in addition to lots of firearms.
Yep, the manufacturers/software producers/etc. of ALL these things and the government are the spys, etc. and they just access these things with already built in access points, etc. so they don’t even have to “hack” into them like hackers would.
Same thing with having Alexa, Siri, etc. DUMB, DUMB, DUMB, AND VERY VERY STUPID!!!
Number One: Don’t put spyware in your house like Alexa, Nest, or HomePod. Our system is built on Linux and uses Raspberry Pi devices as controllers. Very secure. Run that through a VPN for outside connectivity and you’re good to go.
Absolutely. The app makers themselves are the danger. And their own security is not up to par so they get hacked instead and in turn your information/security/access indirectly. So the real problem is not being hacked directly, but indirectly through the services themselves as the conduit because they have open channels.
Hey - You “IT types” - I want to run a local captive portal/hotspot here in the neighborhood - serving up files from a local website ONLY.
Like, the Federalist Papers, video of Ron Paul questioning Fauci ... things like that.
Any recommendations as to AP (access point), DNS redirector, or server software?
This will *not* have access to the internet per se, *only* files I serve up from my own server ...
I saw a PBS show ‘This Old House’ and they installed a smart lock for the front door that could be opened by remote control. Stupid idea. A key works all the time.
Power goes out or the remote stops working or you are paying monthly as some garage door companies charge for their door opening and you do not pay the bill or they go out of business? You are locked out of your home.
#23 I have a manager at work who has 7 Siri devices in their home... They must like talking to bots.
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