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Data privacy and home security

Addressing your main concerns about smart homes

By a leading extent, the top concerns regarding smart homes are data privacy and home security. Data protection is growing due to existing vulnerabilities. However, there are ways that smart homes mitigate these risks. We’ll explain what smart home protocols are and how they work. Similarly, home security is gradually becoming a standard. To make it simple, nothing beats the safety of your family. Smart cameras, sensors, and smart door locks play a key role in this.

What are smart home protocols

Simply put, a smart home protocol is a way for transmitting data between devices to "communicate with one another." Zigbee and Z-Wave are top-class examples with key features ranging from low power usage, mesh network capabilities, and advanced security standards. They operate on their very own network through the smart hub which means the connected devices are not prone to cyber-attacks.
These types of wireless networks are referred to as mesh; a smart system that enables every connected device to relay the "message" to the other. This system makes sure that the signal can reach all the smart devices even though they are not within the range of the smart hub. Every smart devices acts therefore as a repeater in order to extend the signal's range.
A crucial point is that protocols are significantly more difficult to hack, making them a far better option than Wi-Fi-based networks, in terms of data protection.

How can a smart home protect me better

Ever wondered what’s happening at home while you’re stuck in a video conference, or when you’re away? Smart surveillance is your best solution.
You can integrate security cameras within your smart home to give you full visibility of the monitored areas using your phone. This is just one example on how smart homes can bolster security on multiple levels.
As smart homes empower you to have greater control and monitoring of your house, this entails personal data storage.
This is specifically why data privacy and home security go hand-in-hand. A key note here is that in case of power loss or Wi-Fi cuts, your home doesn’t become dysfunctional. That’s the immense advantage of protocols here. Since they are connected to your local network, the devices remain operational. In other words, they don't become easier targets for cyber-attacks.

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"Security is not a product, but a process."
(Bruce Schneier)