Security News > 2022 > May > How to ensure that the smart home doesn’t jeopardize data privacy?

The smart home has been much hyped for what feels a very long-time, but I think it is fair to say that the smart home era is now truly upon us.

This status has been almost entirely driven by the rise of the smart speaker - the first truly mass-market smart home device.

As more and more people buy into the smart home and devices proliferate, there is an ever-bigger price to pay when it comes to data security and privacy.

There is a much lower ceiling to the smart home market if consumer concerns around data privacy cannot be solved - not just for today's smart speakers, but also for whatever devices come next.

How we find that balance is very much the million-dollar question for the smart home industry right now.

The shift towards privacy, and prioritising AI-enabled sensors over data collection, is the absolutely crucial pre-requisite to making this version of the smart home a reality.

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