DDI engineer here. I use smart home stuff. Fully kitted out locks, cameras, Google home, smart lights, etc. that said, I also use pfsense, a dmvpn, and run a private caching name server. If someone hacks into my shit, then I deserve it and will learn from the experience. Also yes, I know the Google home, smart tv, FBI, and the Zoroaster prophet are listening to me, and no, I don’t care.
People seem to think there are hackers driving around using smart home tech to hack into private home networks… that’s just not a thing.
And your internal network should not be exposed to the Internet, so there’s no reason somebody should be able to hack into it from the outside because of a smart device phone home.
The privacy concerns are valid, but if you’re concerned, you need to stop using the Internet. Because Facebook and Google ads already know everything about you.
DDI engineer here. I use smart home stuff. Fully kitted out locks, cameras, Google home, smart lights, etc. that said, I also use pfsense, a dmvpn, and run a private caching name server. If someone hacks into my shit, then I deserve it and will learn from the experience. Also yes, I know the Google home, smart tv, FBI, and the Zoroaster prophet are listening to me, and no, I don’t care.
People seem to think there are hackers driving around using smart home tech to hack into private home networks… that’s just not a thing.
And your internal network should not be exposed to the Internet, so there’s no reason somebody should be able to hack into it from the outside because of a smart device phone home.
The privacy concerns are valid, but if you’re concerned, you need to stop using the Internet. Because Facebook and Google ads already know everything about you.