“Smart Home” – intelligent and safe living?
As the Rhineland-Palatinate State Criminal Police Office reports, smart home applications are becoming increasingly popular - but criminals are also taking advantage of the increased use.
The digitization and networking of your own home is becoming increasingly important. Smart home applications are becoming increasingly popular because they combine convenience and efficiency. With a smart home, all the devices used in the house, such as lamps, blinds, heating or the refrigerator, can be networked with one another and controlled via an app on your cell phone.
The user also receives information about the performance and consumption of their devices. However, artificial intelligence also harbors dangers and risks. The Rhineland-Palatinate State Criminal Police Office gives you useful advice for a safe, connected home.
More and more citizens are also relying on smart home applications for burglary protection. However, modern technologies do not only help protect against burglary. Criminals are also taking advantage of the increased use of technology to hack devices and access personal data.
LKA prevention expert Reinhold Reinhardt advises:
“Optimal burglary protection can only be achieved in cooperation with good mechanical security technology and electronic monitoring.”
Recommendations for a secure connected home:
- The router is the access gateway from the Internet to the home network and is therefore particularly important for the security of the home network.
- When choosing a router, consumers should make sure that security updates are available for the device.
- Preset default passwords should be changed during setup.
- As a rule, a central firewall can be set up via the router. Software updates and encrypted communication between devices in the home network and on the Internet should definitely be used.
- If a device is put into operation, the first step should be to protect it with an individual password. Password generators should be used here.
- For many smart home applications, users should weigh up comfort and functionality as well as security and data protection before purchasing. Particularly sensitive functions such as door controls and arming/disarming the intruder alarm system should not be operated via an app.
- One should be aware of what data is collected and stored by an application, especially when personal data is collected even though it is not necessary for the provision of the services.
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