Smart Home Technology

• 🔊 BBC OwnIt: What is digital consent

  When it comes to saying yes or no to things online, the power lies with you.

• ⚙️ Blacklight: A Real-Time Privacy Inspector

  Enter the address of any website, and Blacklight will scan it and reveal the specific user-tracking technologies

• 📥 Netflix Checklist for Parents

  PDF document with instructions on setting up Netflix for children

• 📌 Samsung Smart TV Ads

  Who watches the watchers? Samsung does so it can fling ads at owners of its smart TVs

• 📌 Cheap smart plugs could expose you to hackers, or even cause a fire

  A Which? investigation exposes poorly made smart plugs

• 👥 What happens to smart meter connectivity when 2G and 3G is switched off?

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• 📌 3G network shutdown: what you need to know

  3G's days are very numbered

• 📌 What is a smart meter?

  Find out about smart energy meters, including how they work and how to read yours