Stop buying smart home gear that dies when the company does.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As someone who remembers a time before the internet, I still have a natural mistrust of anything that needs to be online to function. This is ...

Many smart home devices rely on cloud services and internet access, but there are ways to reduce that dependence while improving privacy and control.

“Control over software thus enables control over hardware.” This insight from a recent study of IoT regulation through bricking encapsulates the core concern for consumers today: the uncomfortable ...