How to Keep Your Internet-Connected Home Safe and Secure

Even so, anything connected to the internet is at risk of being hacked.

Here’s how to keep all of that new gear safe.

That means you should probably take a few precautions before you set them up.

There’s no reason you should assume that the tiny computer in your new appliance is any different.

They generally rely on password protection and self-contained web pages to stay secure.

Unfortunately, we’ve learnedthat’s far from reliable.

Head over to the manufacturer’s web site and look around for instructions to connect and revamp your machine.

Then you could supervise those devices when they need to calloutmanually.

Finally, double-check you’re runningsolid, updated antivirus and anti-malware utilitieson your computers.

Photos byerocsid,Warren Rohner, andBinary Koala.