智能家居設備

In a world where we’re all paranoid about devices spying on us (and rightfully so), perhaps no other devices receive more scrutiny than smarthome products. But is that scrutiny warranted?

在一個我們都對監視設備的人都抱有偏執的世界(理應如此)，也許沒有其他設備會比智能家居產品受到更多的審查。 但是，仔細檢查是否值得？

Don’t get me wrong; there are plenty of different products out there that are spying on you, like smart televisions and browser extensions, but what about things like smart speakers,?Wi-Fi cams, and other smarthome devices? Let’s talk about it.

不要誤會我的意思； 有很多不同的產品，在那里，被暗中監視你，就像智能電視和瀏覽器擴展，但什么事情，如智能音箱，無線網絡攝像頭，和其它智能家居設備？ 讓我們來談談它。

智能設備可以收集數據，但并不像您想象的那樣可怕 (Smart Devices Collect Data, but It’s Not as Scary as You Think)

Most smarthome devices need to be connected to the internet to function properly. This lets you control devices remotely from your phone or use voice commands to turn things on and off. Whenever you send a?command to your devices, that data gets sent to the company that made that particular device.

大多數智能家居設備需要連接到互聯網才能正常運行。 這使您可以從手機遠程控制設備，或使用語音命令打開或關閉設備。 每當您向設備發送命令時，該數據就會發送到制造該特定設備的公司。

So if I’m away from home and I want to turn on my smart lights from my phone, I open up the Hue app and turn on the lights. That data gets sent to Philips to get processed, and some server goes “Oh hey, we’ve received a command from Craig’s phone to turn on the lights, so we’re going to send that command to Craig’s Philips Hue Bridge hub.” That’s an incredibly-simplified version of it, but you get the point.

因此，如果我出門在外并且想通過手機打開智能燈，則可以打開Hue應用并打開燈。 數據被發送到飛利浦進行處理，并且一些服務器進入“哦，嘿，我們已經從克雷格的電話收到了打開燈的命令，因此我們將把該命令發送到克雷格的飛利浦Hue Bridge集線器。” 那是它的簡化版本，但是您明白了。

The same goes for your smart speaker. Whenever you activate Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant, your voice command gets sent to their servers for processing, and what comes back is the result of your voice command. These companies also store all of the voice commands you’ve ever said, but you can easily erase the history if you’d like.

您的智能揚聲器也是如此。 每當您激活Alexa，Siri或Google Assistant時，您的語音命令就會發送到他們的服務器進行處理，而返回的結果就是您的語音命令的結果。 這些公司還存儲您曾經說過的所有語音命令，但是您可以根據需要輕松擦除歷史記錄。

Wi-Fi cameras do the same—video recordings are stored in the cloud. So your Nest Cam recordings are stored on Nest servers. Thankfully, they’re encrypted, so only you can view the video recordings.

Wi-Fi攝像機也是如此—錄像存儲在云中。 因此，您的Nest Cam錄音存儲在Nest服務器上。 值得慶幸的是，它們已加密，因此只有您可以觀看視頻。

Sure, none of this is necessarily sensitive information like your social security number or anything like that, but it does feel a bit weird that Philips technically knows when I turn my lights on and off in my house, and Amazon knows that I frequently ask about the weather in the mornings.

當然，這些都不是必不可少的敏感信息，例如您的社會保險號或類似信息，但是當我在家里開燈和關燈時，飛利浦從技術上知道會感到有些奇怪，而亞馬遜知道我經常問早晨的天氣。

Here’s the thing, though: This isn’t spying, especially since you agree to all of this data getting sent to these various companies (you do read the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, right?!). Furthermore, your smart speaker isn’t continually recording your conversations 24/7. Yes, it is always listening for the wake word, but it’s not recording.

但是，這是件事情：這并不是間諜，特別是因為您同意將所有這些數據發送給這些不同的公司(您確實閱讀了隱私政策和服務條款，對嗎？！)。 此外，您的智能揚聲器不會連續記錄您的會話24/7。 是的，它始終在監聽喚醒字，但未錄音。

那黑客呢？ (What About Hacking?)

Being spied on by the companies themselves is one thing, but users are also afraid of being spied on by hackers who break into their smarthome devices.

由公司本身監視是一回事，但用戶也擔心被侵入其智能家居設備的黑客監視。

There’s a legitimate fear around this for sure, and theoretically, it’s possible. However, if you make sure that all of your devices are locked down with a password, as well as two-factor authentication (if available), you make it difficult for something bad to happen.

對此肯定存在合理的恐懼，從理論上講，這是可能的。 但是，如果您確保所有設備均已使用密碼和兩因素身份驗證(如果有)進行鎖定，則很難使不良情況發生。

Furthermore, it’s best to stick with reputable brands when buying smarthome products, rather cheap knock-off Chinese brands. The bigger, popular companies have a reputation to uphold, so it’s always in their best interest to create a secure interface for their devices, whereas a cheap Chinese brand that no one has ever heard of doesn’t need to care.

此外，購買智能家居產品時最好堅持使用知名品牌，而不是便宜的仿冒中國品牌。 較大的受歡迎的公司享有聲譽，因此，為其設備創建安全的接口始終是他們的最大利益，而沒人聽說過的便宜的中國品牌則不需要關心。

翻譯自: https://www.howtogeek.com/366990/are-your-smarthome-devices-spying-on-you/

智能家居設備