{"id":725335,"date":"2020-01-28T16:59:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T16:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/?p=725335"},"modified":"2020-01-29T12:00:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T12:00:32","slug":"survey-smart-home-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/news\/survey-smart-home-security-2020-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey results show Britons unconcerned about smart home security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A survey carried out by <a rel=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/specopssoft.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Specops Software<\/a>, a \u201cpassword management and authentication solution vendor,\u201d asked 1,230 people from the UK and US their opinions on the security of smart home devices.<\/p><div class=\"elect-content\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-891462412\"><div id=\"x02\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('x02'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>A majority of UK respondents proved unaware that the devices could be hacked, with only 27% demonstrating knowledge of the risk.<a rel=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/28165800\/z.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-725336 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/28165800\/z-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"security\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/28165800\/z-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/28165800\/z-768x398.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/28165800\/z.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This compared to 45% of Americans who are more sceptical of the devices overall \u2013 52% outright stated they believe smart home devices are unsafe and only 31% thought the opposite.<\/p><div class=\"elect-post-content-2\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-227886630\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"elect-test\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-1031968197\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() > 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<BR>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Interestingly, at 36%, the number of Britons who don\u2019t believe smart home devices to be safe was higher than the number that understood the devices could be hacked, indicating there is another cause for distrust of the technology.<\/p>\n<p>Of those UK respondents who believe smart home devices can be hacked, 62% considered the risk unlikely or very unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>That same result was reflected in US respondents\u2019 answers, although the American cohort were less likely to designate the risk \u2018very\u2019 unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>The results are described by the security provider as \u201cworrying,\u201d in light of a 2019 Avast report that noted 40.8% of households contained at least one vulnerable device.<\/p>\n<p>Specops says due to the connected capabilities of smart home devices, the risk is increased further, as an \u201cunsecured lightbulb could end up giving hackers control of your alarm system, allowing them to enter your house undetected\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The survey results also demonstrated a lack of knowledge about which devices were most at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Participants incorrectly designated smart security cameras as high risk while conversely underestimating the vulnerability of smart 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