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Smart Home Devices and Privacy: What to Know Before You Buy
Questions worth asking about data collection, accounts, updates and resale before you bring a connected camera, speaker, TV or gadget into your home.
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Smart Home and Connected Devices
Reducing the risks that come with cameras, speakers and other connected gadgets.
Changing Default Passwords on Connected Gadgets
Why factory logins on cameras, plugs and other connected gadgets are a common weak point, and how to replace them with something safer during setup.
Connected Toys and Baby Monitors: A Parent Checklist
A practical checklist for parents on setting up connected toys and baby monitors more safely: accounts, passwords, networks, microphones, cameras and data.
Keeping Smart Device Firmware Updated
How to find firmware updates for cameras, speakers, plugs and other smart devices, and what to do when a device stops receiving them.
Securing Home Cameras and Video Doorbells
Settings and habits that keep home camera and video doorbell feeds private to your household: accounts, sharing, storage, placement and updates.
Smart Speakers and Voice Assistants: Managing Recordings
How to review and delete stored voice data from smart speakers and voice assistants, and how to adjust listening, wake word and sharing settings.
Smart TVs and Data Collection Settings
What viewing data smart TVs may gather, such as content recognition and ad profiling, and where to find the settings that switch those features off.
Wearables and Fitness Trackers: Who Sees Your Data
Which companies, apps and people may see data from fitness trackers and smartwatches, and how to review sharing and location settings on health gadgets.
What Happens to Smart Devices When You Move or Resell
How to remove smart devices from your account and factory-reset them before you sell, give away, or leave them behind when you move out.
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