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2022

Okay, you use password manager, but do your IoT devices get updates regularly?

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TLDR. Do IoT devices update? How is their update practice similar, different, better, or worse than non-IoT devices? Our study examined 2+ years of smart home network traffic data. We found that software components on IoT devices are more outdated than those on non-IoT devices (e.g., computers and phones); and that vendors were slow to roll out updates. These outdated software components presented serious supply chain security risks to the IoT devices.

2021