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Smart home devices

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Smart home devices

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- [Instructor] Smart home devices are really convenient. They let us control our lights with our voice, ask our fridge for the weather, and keep an eye on the house when we're on vacation. But it's also important to consider what these devices really are. They're microphones, cameras, and tiny computers scattered through our home, connected to the internet, communicating with hundreds of different cloud services run by dozens of companies. It's pretty easy to get into tin foil hat territory about this kind of thing, and that's not my intention here. Basically, using smart home devices comes down to trust, as with any other device or service, electronic or not. When you're considering smart home devices, there are a few primary things to think about. The first one, as I mentioned, is trust. You'll need to decide whether you trust the company selling the device and running the service that enables it. Developers and engineers at these companies are the ones responsible for making sure…

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