New Connected Devices are available from just about everywhere. Casually installing these appliances in one's house may be provide a feeling personal security or added convenience. On the other hand, improperly securing them can open the way for others to gain access to your privacy or your physical space.
Without a secure home network, or changing the default passwords on the new wave of smart appliances, others may be able take them over. Although not all devices are built with known security holes and many of the name brand products have thought significantly about the security of the products they sell. There are clear examples where devices established in businesses were not properly isolated and enabled cyber intrusion.
When setting up a new Smart Appliance or Network Equipment, it is important to consider how it is secured, what other protections in the enclosing Network are in place, to limit exposure in case of hacking from the outside.
Imagine that the garage door was set up with a separate inexpensive Button (originally intended to control some household appliance) instead of a controller designed to operate garage doors. Further, the Button can be controlled simply by visiting it's internally provided "Website". Then, your garage as an entry into your house is only as secure as how many people have been given the Wifi Password when they visited your house, or worse, you chose to not even put a password on your Wifi so ANYONE driving by would be able to scan for and hack into this exploit. Fortunately, there are no longer a large number of insecure Internet Buttons on the market for consumer use and there are connected garage doors which provide an additional layer of security beyond just being able to be on the network. However, it is well worth considering that once a smart device is connected to the internet, it is no longer good enough to have physical security in place.
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