Smart Devices That Make Life Easier May Also Be Easy To Hack

Name: Smart Devices That Make Life Easier May Also Be Easy To Hack
Uploaded: 2013-09-05T23:59:47Z
Duration: P373S
Description: Wireless devices let us control our household appliances through the Internet with ease, but do they also make it easier for hackers to disrupt our daily lives? Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Kashmir Hill of Forbes on a recent finding by the Federal Trade Commission of inadequate security protections for some products.

Clip: 09/05/2013 | 6m 13s

Wireless devices let us control our household appliances through the Internet with ease, but do they also make it easier for hackers to disrupt our daily lives? Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Kashmir Hill of Forbes on a recent finding by the Federal Trade Commission of inadequate security protections for some products.

Aired: 09/05/13

Rating: NR

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