It shouldn’t be surprising to you if I told you that everything in your home may be connected to the internet sooner than you expected, from your refrigerator to your microwave oven, your door lock, and perhaps your bathroom. Anyways, just know that few of your gadgets may already be connected.

If you truly want to prevent your smart home devices from becoming your worst nightmare, follow these tips.

#1. Don’t leave your default settings as programmed by the manufacturers; change it and thank me later

Gadgets which are internet-connected is regularly shipped with default passwords, and sadly users always fail to change them, leading to those gadgets effortlessly exploited by hackers. A lot of DDoS attack carried out on devices is as a result of default passwords which were left unchanged by users.

Always change your default password.

#2. Always stay up-to-date by installing the most recent software

Many smart home device manufacturers would beat their chest (literally!) and tell you that their products are faultless, don’t be quickly moved as most internet-connected gadgets which are considered to be simple have been frequently discovered to have loopholes which are exploitable.

Update your smart home devices regularly.

#3. Make sure you turn off/disable unwanted features

A lot of smart home devices comes with features that you may rarely use, this includes in-built camera, microphone which may become object of target for hackers to use in taking control over your device. The best thing to do is disable unwanted features.

#4. Stick to few connectivity options

Various smart home gadgets have connectivity options which differ from one another, for example, Bluetooth, Ethernet and Wi-Fi. To keep your devices from harm’s way, stick to few connectivity options and disable the ones you are not making use of. Also, you can settle for wired connection over a Wi-Fi, since it is harder for hackers to break in when it is in place.

Are there ways you protected your Internet of Things (IoT) gadgets from hackers we didn’t mention? Lets us know in the comments below.

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