Is your smart home an easy target? 6 ways experts lock theirs down

The fewer entry points you leave open, the more secure your smart home will be. Here's how to accomplish that.
WBAY

Door County deputies stop driver using flashlight for car headlight

DOOR COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY) - Door County Sheriff’s Office is reminding drivers to check their vehicle equipment after deputies spotted a driver doing something…a little different to replace a headlight.
The New York Times

Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers

If companies can modify internet-connected products and charge subscriptions after people have already purchased them, what does it mean to own anything anymore? Paul Wieland, the inventor of RATGDO, ...
FOX8 Cleveland

Change your password: Cuyahoga County alert system affected by nationwide cybersecurity incident

CLEVELAND (WJW) — Subscribers to the ReadyNotify app are being urged to change their passwords after the third-party system, which provides residents with public safety notifications, was breached in ...
GamesRadar+

Arc Raiders door exploit makes keycards useless, and players demand the banhammer for those using it: "The sooner Embark bans people doing this, the sooner it will stop"

Third Person Shooters Arc Raiders players are losing firefights due to unhelpful glitch that prevents them from taking out their weapon Third Person Shooters Arc Raiders GOTY advocate and former FPS ...
SlashGear

Drivers Are Using This Cheap Trick To Keep Their Car Door Handles From Freezing - But Should You?

There's something familiar and frustrating about stumbling out to your car on a frigid morning, coffee in hand, only to find your car's door handle frozen shut. As you prepare for the snow, know that ...
Wall Street Journal

Using Your Credit Card at the Checkout Is Set to Get a Lot More Complicated

Your favorite latte at the local coffee shop could soon cost $5, $5.10 or $5.25—depending on how you pay. A settlement between Visa, Mastercard and U.S. merchants announced this week could usher in a ...
PC Magazine

You Can Do Better Than the Louvre's Hilariously Bad Password. Here's How to Actually Secure Your Accounts

The most famous museum in the world used an incredibly insecure password to protect its video surveillance system. Here's how to learn from the Louvre’s mistakes and improve your own security. I ...
People

The Louvre’s Surveillance System Password Was Reportedly ‘Louvre,’ Reveals Museum Employee

On Oct. 18, thieves broke into the Paris museum and were able to get into the security system with a simple password Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...
ksn.com

Wichita schools enhance security with new door-lock system

The holiday season is winding down for some, but for others it's just beginning. Friday, December 26 marks the first day of Kwanza, there are seven in total. Each day represents one of the seven core ...
New York Post

The Louvre used mind-blowingly weak password for core security system ahead of $102M jewel heist: report

A probe into the broad daylight heist at the Louvre revealed the world-renowned museum had used a mind-bloggingly weak password for its core security systems, according to a report. France’s National ...
ABC News

Password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee

At least one of the thieves remains at large, French prosecutors say. At the time of the brazen heist of $102 million in jewels from the Louvre last month, the password to the world-famous museum's ...