'Internet of Things' Carries Privacy Risks

There’s no need explaining to Adam and Heather Schreck how the Internet can threaten privacy in unexpected ways. They know first-hand. Last spring, the Cincinnati-area couple was asleep one night when Heather Schreck awoke to what sounded like a man’s voice coming from their infant’s bedroom. When she entered, Schreck found an unknown person was watching their daughter via the baby-cam attached to the crib, yelling “Wake up, baby!” again and again. When her husband entered...

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