Your router won’t protect you when smartphones attack smart homes
If you watched the season premiere of Mr. Robot, then you saw the hellish havoc fsociety visited upon the smart home of E Corp’s general counsel. She had no control over the internet-connected alarm system, lights, thermostat, stereo, TV or even the temperature of water during a shower.
Most folks don’t have an entire smart home, yet they may have some smart devices. If you had maybe a half-dozen or more Internet of Things (IoT) gadgets and they all started going off, and you couldn’t regain control, you’d likely realize your “smart” house was being hacked, but maybe not understand how.
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