Smart Home Devices: Are they spying on you?
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As we add smart home devices to our lives, you have to wonder if we are being spied on by hacked devices or devices that gather our personal info. Review the following articles about this topic:
Is Your Smart Device Spying on You? (Links to an external site.) Lifewire.com October 2019
Before you buy, consider privacy, please (Links to an external site.) usatoday.com November 2019
Smart Home Devices Are Easy To Hack (Links to an external site.) mentalfloss.com March 14 2018
How to Stop Your Smart Home Devices From Spying On You (Links to an external site.) Hotspot Shield Blog April 12 2018
Smart talking: are our devices threatening our privacy? (Links to an external site.) theguardian.com March 2019
The Technology 202: Alexa, are you spying on me? Here’s why smart speakers raise serious privacy concerns (Links to an external site.) washingtonpost.com May 2019
Smart Devices Leaking Data to Tech Giants Raises New IoT Privacy Issues (Links to an external site.) cpomagazine.com October 2019
Smart Home Devices Still Haven’t Solved The Consumer Privacy Problem (Links to an external site.) cpomagazine.com November 2019
After reading the articles, discuss the following in REPLY:
1. What is one way your home device can be hacked? What is one form of a home device spying on you?
2. Have your home devices ever been hacked? Do you believe your home device has spied on you? If so, how?
3. Give one way to prevent your devices from being hacked or spying on you.
E waste: What can we do?
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Electronic waste (e-waste) are the discarded electronics and electrical devices. There are numerous issues surrounding e-waste and the disposal or recycling of it. Review each of the following articles that discuss issues surrounding E waste and then respond to the questions listed below in the REPLY for this Discussion.
The Problem with E-waste (Links to an external site.) ifixit.com 2019
What Can We Do About the Growing E-waste Problem? (Links to an external site.) blogs.ei.columbia.edu Aug 2018
The World Has an E-Waste Problem (Links to an external site.) time.com May 2019
The Biggest Problem with E Waste? What We Don’t Know (Links to an external site.)
(ensia.com February 2018)
6 Ways to Minimize E Waste (Links to an external site.)
(green.harvard.edu copyright 2018)
1. List one fact about eWaste discussed in these articles.
2. Discuss how you can improve the impact of eWaste.
3. Search online for the eWaste recycling center nearest you and list the center’s name and address.