Who needs the NSA? Your dishwasher is already watching every move you make
Modern smart home appliances create significant privacy risks by acting as potential surveillance points. Even without active internet usage, connected devices can be exploited by government agencies or hackers to monitor personal behavior.
In the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s disclosures about alleged surveillance programs by the National Security Agency, it’s tempting to undertake a wholesale rethink of your online behavior, get a burner phone and install new e-mail tools, or just cut the cord entirely—except even that may not keep away the gaze of surveilling parties. Just living in a modern, equipped home is enough to create multiple peepholes for the government, or even foreign hackers, to figure out what you’re doing.
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