Smart home hacking is a serious threat - but here's how experts actually stop it

This article outlines practical steps to reduce the risk of smart home device compromise, emphasizing strong unique passwords, enabling multi-factor authentication, securing Wi‑Fi with WPA2/WPA3 and changing default router passwords, keeping device firmware updated, disabling unnecessary features (e.g., remote access, UPnP), segmenting IoT devices on a separate or guest network, and researching vendor security practices before purchase; it notes that smart home attacks are generally opportunistic and less likely if basic defenses are in place.