{"id":187,"date":"2021-04-14T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/?p=187"},"modified":"2021-04-12T18:55:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T22:55:25","slug":"the-hackable-home-smart-devices-dumb-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/2021\/04\/the-hackable-home-smart-devices-dumb-security\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hackable Home:  Smart Devices, Dumb Security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From fitness trackers to connected cars, IoT (&#8220;Internet of Things&#8221;) devices have made our lives easier and more convenient. Despite their nifty features, many harbor poor design when it comes to security and privacy of the data they collect (and often transmit) about you and your habits.\u00a0 And this aspect of their lives does not end when they are disposed of in the trash, or passed on, or sold.\u00a0 Join us as we talk to investigative journalist Andrew Laughlin of Which?, the biggest consumer group in Europe, who has \u00a0been researching, testing and highlighting the risks of connected devices and services that lack privacy and security protections for the past eight years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hosted by:<\/strong>  Alexa Raad &amp; Leslie Daigle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related material:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/telecom\/wireless\/the-us-government-finally-gets-serious-about-iot-security\">https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/telecom\/wireless\/the-us-government-finally-gets-serious-about-iot-security<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/proposals-for-regulating-consumer-smart-product-cyber-security-call-for-views\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/proposals-for-regulating-consumer-smart-product-cyber-security-call-for-views<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-40371373\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-40371373<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1101442\/iot-number-of-connected-devices-worldwide\/\">https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1101442\/iot-number-of-connected-devices-worldwide\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2602\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-187-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/content.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/20210409-AndrewLaughlin.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/content.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/20210409-AndrewLaughlin.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/content.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/20210409-AndrewLaughlin.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/content.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/20210409-AndrewLaughlin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=187-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/content.blubrry.com\/techsequences\/20210409-AndrewLaughlin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20210409-AndrewLaughlin.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/techsequences\/id1509826111?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6BgXkvatS6UgsTsJVi7BJE?si=N7tlTeOkTlOrg3Ysco2nbw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribeonandroid.com\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_android\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Android\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From fitness trackers to connected cars, IoT (&#8220;Internet of Things&#8221;) devices have made our lives easier and more convenient. 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