ArticlePrivacy & securityConnected home

If you have a smart home, you’ll know the joys of dimming your living room lights, putting the dishwasher on and turning up the heating, all with a few taps on your phone. But you might not know that these smart devices are also vulnerable to cyber attacks.

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By the end of the year, 7.2 million UK homes are predicted to own at least one smart home device. But even if your fridge isn’t sending you regular milk-based status reports yet, your home’s probably way smarter than you think. And it needs broadband to match.