Who doesn’t like to have an assistant someone like Jarvis for tony stark? All you have to say is “ hey hack my school and get me tomorrow’s question paper“ and you will get the question paper in your hand.
That’s far in the future but right now we have many virtual assistants in the market but are they really of any assistance or are they, friends, in false color?
Let’s dive deep into these questions one by one
Even though your assistant helps you with a simple search adding your shopping list playing your favorite music when you are sad it is never a friend because at the end of the day these are just a way for your devices to be compromised. let’s see how we can Protect our smart assistants against hackers.
Turn of the microphone
The key factor of these smart assistants is that you can speak and they, in turn, can respond to you turning off the microphone isn’t always practical but we can consider doing this at times we are not at home or we are not having it need.
Activate voice recolonization
Some smart assistants have the feature of voice recognition that is the device can be set to respond just to its user’s voice and thus no hackers or even your friends and guest won’t have the power to exploit it.
Secure your wifi
This is an important step, any smart device would need internet and without it, it will be no better than a speaker or sometimes a paperweight so make sure to secure your network connection don’t connect your smart device with unknown devices, and also make sure you use WPS 2 connection with a strong password.
Don’t share your personal information
This is a piece of generic advice with probably any devices you have, in general, they can never replace your friend so never share your personal or sensitive information with them so that even if your device is compromised those hackers won’t get anything valuable.
Secondary authentication
These are also optional ones like in case you will be able to have a secondary conformation like voice password or pin etc if that’s available do activate it it will make your device more secure.
Connect to needy devices only
Nowadays smart devices can be connected to any device possibly but never add multiple devices each device will be a pathway to compromise your smart device.
“Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.” -Christian Lous Lange
(Which type of assistant do you have (or wish to have)? Tell us in the comment section and stay tuned with Worldly Voice for more Infotainment content.)