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Dan Fauzi

One Weak Password Can Give Hackers Access to Your Entire Smart Home Setup – Tech Experts Reveal 3 Ways to Protect Yours Now

Colorful living room with large red curtains and blinds, red sofa, wooden coofee table and armchair, white rug, and misc art on a floating white shelf.

Smart homes bring tremendous upgrades to our convenience and efficiency at home – but new research reveals that the very devices designed to make life easier could also be putting our privacy at risk.

As homes become increasingly connected, vulnerabilities are growing faster than many homeowners realise. Recent reports show billions of cyber attacks happened just last year, and as our smart devices are so connected, every weak password in a home setup is an opportunity for hackers to access the entire smart home ecosystem.

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