How Do I Protect My IoT Devices from Being Hijacked?

How Do I Protect My IoT Devices from Being Hijacked?

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⚜️ Attacks on the internet demonstrate that the so-called "internet of things", IoT devices, lacks basic security considerations.

IoT Security (or lack thereof)
With so many non-traditional items being rushed to market and connected to the internet, it’s no surprise that security is often an afterthought. The best you can do is make sure to change default passwords for those devices that have them. While IoT devices can be incredibly convenient, make sure that you’re making a conscious, conscientious choice when adding them to your home network.

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0:00 Internet of things
1:15 IoT: the Internet of Things
4:00 The (lack of) security of things
4:40 What can you do?
6:37 What you can’t fix
7:42 What I do
8:51 What is frustrating

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