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We have previously blogged about technology that allows a person to more effectively age in place and about “smart homes.” As well, we have mentioned the security issues with some technologies, so I was interested in a recent blog post published on the AARP blog Thinking Policy.

Making the Smart Home a Secure Home focuses on smart homes, described as  a home  designed “to help automate routine tasks and make homes more efficient.”  Looking at security for smart home technologies,  the author offers 3 tips for a secure smart home: (1) “build strong security protections into all connected devices from the start….” (2) ensure that “software controlling connected devices is can be updated….” and (3) “securely transmitting and storing data gathered by connected devices”

The author concludes the article by saying:

The smart home promises to improve the lives of consumers by automating routine tasks and finding efficiencies that save money. Securing the connected devices constituting the smart home will make it more likely that consumers will adopt this technology. If the smart home industry continues to neglect the security of devices, government-mandated security protections might be necessary to resolve these issues.