Smart Homes, Big Data Appetites: How Your Privacy Pays the Price for Convenience

In the smart home era, your coffee maker knows you more than your cat does. A Surfshark study reveals a staggering 1 in 10 smart apps are data Peeping Toms—with Amazon Alexa leading the nosy brigade. Privacy, brace for impact!

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Looks like our smart homes might just be a bit too clever for our own good. In the ultimate plot twist, those nifty gadgets we rely on are gossiping about us to Big Tech firms like they're at a high school reunion. Talk about a betrayal of the digital kind! Whether it's your coffee machine spilling the beans or your security camera keeping an eye on more than just your front porch, your data is the hot commodity on the virtual block. Time to slap some digital duct tape over those chatty devices!

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