Stop Wi-Fi hackers

Your home network is more vulnerable to hackers than you realise. Nik Rawlinson reveals the most effective ways to protect all the devices connected to your Wi-Fi.

COVER There’s something rather magical about products that ‘just work’. Smart TVs, speakers with built-in voice assistants and video doorbells all fall into this category. Plug them in, connect them to your Wi-Fi, and you’re ready to go. There’s very little to configure and usually even less to maintain. The trouble is that such convenience can provide a false sense of security – and that can lead to complacency. Smart devices – just like computers – are often eminently hackable and you’re reliant on the manufacturer to remotely apply the necessary security patches and updates in a timely manner. If they don’t, you risk hosting an unsafe device on your network, which could put other devices, including your PC, at risk. If you don’t believe us, read around. There have…

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APC (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2023

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