Tuesday, March 10, 2020

If you own a smart device, you need to read this.


Hello

I am just watching This Morning, re the danger of smart devices. They have said, switch your device off at the wall, or your device can record what you are saying, they had a video of a child in her room on her own with the TV on standby, a man hacked through, and was talking to the little girl, and telling her that he was her new best friend, the rest you can imagine, I don’t mean to scare you, but this is scary, while he was talking to her, she was being watched by him, this happened because, the guy, had used the default password, that the device came with, and so could easily hack into her room, via her TV.

Make sure you change the default password on your devices, and change it on a regular basis.

 The companies that sell these products, can listen in to what you are saying, and pass this information onto different companies, without your consent, if you leave your smart device on all the time, the way to stop this is to switch it off at the wall.

 The ring door bell, is a great security door bell, to have, to keep an eye on your property.


Make sure,  you download their software updates on a regular basis, to keep them secure.


Smart TVs

 They have cameras, make sure your device is updated with the software, it could have issues. Cover up the camera, to make it safer.


Baby monitors

 Don’t have it switched on, unless you need to.


Your router


Make sure, you change the default password that it came with.


The hive thermostat

 The company may pass your information onto 3rd parties, without your permission.



Aleska and similar


They are listening to you all the time, but only wake up, when you mention their name, when not in use, unplug it from the wall. Some of the recordings are listened to buy Amazon etc,  and transcribed.

You can switch this off, via the settings. You can delete all that they have.



To watch this piece, it was on ITV 1 at around 12.15 today.  (10th March 2020)


I hope this helps.

  
Miriam



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