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Every device on your home Wi-Fi — smart TV, voice assistant, baby monitor, thermostat — is a potential entry point for hackers if it has a default password

📌 Tip 58 of 72 🏷️ smart-home 👶 Ages 3–5

Every device on your home Wi-Fi — smart TV, voice assistant, baby monitor, thermostat — is a potential entry point for hackers if it has a default password.

Default credentials are publicly documented and exploited automatically by malware.

Change every smart device’s default password when you set it up.

Use a different password for each device when possible, and keep a note of them in a password manager.

💬 Talk to your kid about this

Ask your child: "Does your smart speaker listen to you all the time? How can you check? What information does it store?"

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