Here are a few key ideas that, I believe, everyone who’s new to smart home technologies should know. I love the idea of a smart home and all the technologies appearing every day, but I often see that people do not clearly understand what it actually means and how to make the best use of
Usually, a typical smart home system includes a few devices from different manufacturers that communicate with your smartphone and\or with each other wirelessly. While enthusiasts find it very appealing and handy, technical experts say there’s also cause for concern for potential security and privacy threats. What if the data transferred between home automation devices can
Learn how a new generation of IoT devices can protect our homes. Credit: natsoop Multiple home
How close is the threat and what we can do about it? IoT devices get regularly hacked, this is no news today. Sometimes they’re compromised due to curiosity, and sometimes to demonstrate a lack of protection. In worst cases, this is done to get a ransom for device unlocking, the malicious software used for this