On the back of another thread about the vulnerability of society as some big organisations fell victim to hacking, this news item may be of interest to some of you who have multiple ‘smart’ devices in their homes.
I guess the way to be as safe as is possible from hackers these days, is to ensure that user names and passwords are strong enough to defeat attempts at hacking:
Do you follow advice on security of ‘smart’ devices or do you not see the need to,
so seldom change passwords?
Of the few “smart” devices we may have in our home, I’m sure that I’m not classified as one of them. 
The only smart device in our house is me Baz…
Does this laptop class as being smart though?
Now that is a clever, ‘smart’ answer! 
No, not another one!
I doubt the laptop comes into this category, OGF although with any computer error I often say, when a person blames the computer, “rubbish in, rubbish out”. That usually gets a chuckle from whoever I am speaking to! 
Hah, you beat me to it, Foxy. 
Same here, Foxy, although the toaster and the kettle aren’t far behind.
So that’s three of you now!
Edited to now read:
So that’s four of you now!
Plus not overlooking to include a ‘slow’ toaster and kettle!
Katarina’s prosthetic legs have micro processors in the knees. Would they be classed as smart devices? If they are and they get hacked I wonder if she’d start walking backwards instead of forwards or maybe dance the can can?
I would never have thought that kind of technology would be used in that way, it seems there is not very much these days that doesn’t use modern technology.
Hopefully Katrina wouldn’t be affected in that way and walking backwards or it could be said she was getting nowhere fast! As for dancing the can-can, well that would be good, if of course that’s what she wanted to do.
What do you mean by smart devices ?
Things that know what you want them to do, without you having to tell them.
Devices found in the home including items such as smart TVs, printers, wireless security cameras, and wifi kettles. The link below gives more details of what these can be:
https://www.techopedia.com/definition/31463/smart-device
This link gives a more detailed and technical explanation:
The only devices we have here that connect to the internet are our laptops. IF anything should be renewed and we are advised it is ‘smart’ then it will stay disconnected from the internet while it is in our possession, or to put it another way, it will not be connected by us in the first place.
How many ‘smart’ items in my home? One - me!
The problem with doing that, as I see it, is you would have items that cannot be used as most are connected by wifi and without that nothing would work. Your mobile phone, for instance, could well be connected via wifi. I know mine is when in my home as I cannot receive 4G indoors so it automatically connects via the wifi facility on my broadband.
The CCTV I have is I know connected via the internet, pictures from all cameras can then be displayed on my laptop or mobile phone as both are linked to the internet.
Thank you sir! I was trying to make sure about the clarity of this.
“Smart devices are interactive electronic gadgets that understand simple commands sent by users and help in daily activities. Some of the most commonly used smart devices are smartphones, tablets, phablets, smartwatches, smart glasses and other personal electronics. While many smart devices are small, portable personal electronics, they are in fact defined by their ability to connect to a network to share and interact remotely. Many TV sets and refrigerators are also therefore considered smart devices.”
I think it is still not absolute clear and that there is still some ambiguity.
Another one, so that’s now five of you!
See posts #2, 3, 6 & 7.
The second link in post #13 explains more fully, if that’s of any help to you. Apologies for adding this after posting originally, I did so as it’s far more explanatory than the original link.
Same here.
My son did give me a Google Mini for Christmas but it has remained unplugged since the day i was given it. I have turned so many of my Google account features Off that it was near useless anyway except for telling me the time and I have wristwatch for that.
