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More Broadband Household Occupants Have Security and Privacy Concerns, Parks Reports

Broadband homes that don’t intend to buy a smart home device due to security and privacy concerns jumped from 21 percent in Q1 2017 to 32 percent this Q1, Parks Associates blogged Wednesday. A quarter of U.S. broadband households strongly…

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agree it’s impossible to keep their personal data away from unauthorized users. Consumers own an average of 8.6 connected CE products, up 87 percent since 2010, said analyst Chris O’Dell, noting that connected devices using cloud-based servers can provide easy targets for hackers.