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Improving security in smart homes

what consumers should be looking out for when they buy smart devices and have them in their home. Tip 1: Skimp on your data - be safer with data minimisation ... minimum of information required on their smart devices, says Theike. If you are toying with the idea of buying a smart device , you should really take a very ... unwrapped your presents at Christmas to find an intelligent loudspeaker or a smart TV set, you're not alone. Market research company Gartner has calculated

Clever metropolises

people in Bergedorf should be able to live independently at home for longer thanks to smart home control systems. The system, which is set to be installed ... project or initiative to make a city smart; this, at least, is the assessment of consultants from Roland Berger in their Smart City Index 2019 . If they are to ... capital that our smart journey begins - with further stops in Singapore and Hamburg. Vienna For the second time in a row, according to the Smart City Index 2019

Profile: Michael Grotenhoff

networked is your home? If anything, my journalistic investigations have made me cautious as far as the total networking of my home is concerned. But that ... networking. Hackers can for example infiltrate our energy systems via smart home networks and trigger lethal chain reactions. Blackout - the collapse of ... instance, it’s practical to be able to stream music wirelessly through my home speakers - even though I know I’m just a little cog in the huge algorithm

European General Data Protection Regulation | #explore

for data protection. Read more iStock IT security Smart Home: Certified products are in demand Smart Home is the future. But how secure is a self-organising ... ing house? Experts from TÜV NORD are testing Smart Home products and aiming to ensure their security and generate higher levels of confidence. Read more ... data protection officers, the aim is for this to make it easier to swap to smart energy meters or to change fitness trackers or music streaming services.

Autumn 2020: Calendar of events

– the focus will be on 5G, Mixed Reality, the Internet of Things and smart homes. All private tech connoisseurs, along with those who didn’t quite make ... from TÜViT, who will be giving talks on the role of Common Criteria in smart homes, networked cars and intelligent factories. Berlin/online: Greentech Festival ... their hands on and try out the very latest gadgets and innovations from the home electronics scene. Due to the coronavirus situation, the International E

Profile: Felix Schwenzel

the internet? First of all, there will be huge growth in the market for smart home technology. In the years to come, “Experts” will increasingly predict ... 24 August 2017 The internet is a second home for Felix Schwenzel – he is an IT expert and has been blogging for 15 years. In his digital diary, “wirres ... them on me. Please make a rough count – how many of the devices you have at home are connected to the Internet – from the wireless printer to the TV? I don’t

Dates for the summer of 2018

for your home, wrist and trouser pocket is headed, the IFA is a must-attend event. This year, the world’s most important trade fair for home electronics ... electronics will be all about smart and networked devices for the home, Artificial Intelligence, and, of course, TVs with even better image quality. After all, ... Stuttgart and Mannheim, next-generation coders have developed such things as a smart worktop for the kitchen, a quiz app for individual vocabulary learning and

Two-factor authentication | #explore

enter a password on your laptop and also have a security code sent to your smart phone which you also need to log in. The idea behind this is that a hacker ... the provider, the code will either be generated by a specific app on your smart phone or you’ll receive it as a text or an e-mail. Appropriate hardware, ... can likewise be used as the second factor, where these are scanned by the smart phone and then verified by a special provider app. In Germany, signing in