How can those who’ve embraced smart home tech stay as secure as possible? Here are eight ways to tighten up security on smart home devices so that users are as protected as possible while using the new technologies they love. Smart home tech, like the Amazon Echo or Google Nest, have made headlines for invasively recording users without their knowledge or shipping with unknown features, such as a microphone, that are later enabled, making trusting these devices implicitly a bit of a hazard. If you use a Chromecast or any other Google device, you can turn on verification and receive email alerts.”]
Source: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/iot/2019/08/8-ways-to-improve-security-on-smart-home-devices/