Mozilla: Smart Home Devices Still Bad for Privacy and Security

Solana Larsen, the editor of the Mozilla Foundations Internet Health Report, discusses whether popular smart home devices such as speakers are respecting users privacy.

Larsen notes that although many people may have heard of smart devices such as the Amazon Echo or Google Home, there are a number of smart home devices from smart scales to cat litter trays.

Now that more and more companies collect personal data about you, including audio and video of your family, andsensitive biometric and health information, like your heart rate and sleeping habits, its worrying that more are not upfront about the privacy and security of their products.

Larsen notes that the most popular smart devices have generally improved their security, but many leave much room for improvement.

Larsen then lists the steps that users could take in order to influence manufacturers to improve the security of these devices:

The guide lists a number of different products with a smiley face above them, as users scroll down the page the smiley changes from smiling to concerned to frightened.

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