We've got more technology than ever before — there are apps to help us accomplish everything from cleaning our homes and compiling a grocery list to monitoring our belongings from afar. And when it comes to smart home tech, it seems as if nearly everything is now automated.
But with this influx of technology comes a whole new breed of criminal — hackers and tech-savvy "bad guys" pose threats to security, for both physical and virtual intrusions of your home
"It used to be that firewalls were a much better means of security," says Jerry Irvine, a member of the National Cyber Security Task Force, a joint task force between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Homeland Security. "Today, because we want to connect to things on the other side of the firewall, you have to open up ports — which is the [equivalent to] Swiss cheese. It's like taking a section out of the fence around your house so you can get in — anyone else can get in that way, too." Read more...
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