ZDNet: Internet of Things security is dreadful: Here's what to do to protect yourself

Consumers still aren't doing their homework before buying and deploying internet-connected baby monitors and other products.

By Liam Tung
July 20, 2016

British parents haven't learnt their lesson from the discovery two years ago of a Russian website that offered links to unsecured baby monitors, according to the UK's privacy watchdog.

This has prompted the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to reissue its wake-up call from 2014 to parents over the security of baby monitors. Two years on from the discovery of the Russian site, the ICO says parents still haven't changed their behaviour, and it's calling on them to take responsibility for the security of their devices.

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