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3 stories taggedsmart home.

Policy & Regulation
Comcast Turns Home Wi-Fi Into a Motion Sensor With New Xfinity Shield
The cable giant is pitching your router as a way to spot movement around the house, no cameras required. Privacy questions come with it.
4 min read

Vulnerabilities
Fifteen Flaws in TP-Link's Auto-Setup System Could Hand Hackers Control of an Entire Business Network
Security firm Forescout found serious weaknesses in the technology TP-Link uses to automatically configure routers, switches, and cameras. Some flaws can be chained together to let an outsider quietly seize control of every device on a network.
3 min read

Vulnerabilities
One Hacked Shark Robot Vacuum Can Hand an Attacker the Keys to Every Shark Vacuum in the Region
A researcher pulled a security key off a $500 robot vacuum and used it to run commands on other people's Shark vacuums, including reading their Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext.
4 min read