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Is your home full of ’digital ghost ships’ that could pose a security risk? Here are an expert’s four tips for how to best protect your home against cyberattacks.

Expert: Many people have digital ghost ships in their homes. Are you one of them?

Animation: Tomas Østergren. Grafik: Magnific

It sounds clever to be able to control your heater, washing machine or robotic lawn mower remotely with an app, so the products can be switched on even when you are not physically at home.

But every time you have a device in your home that is connected to the internet, there is, in principle, a risk that it could be hacked.

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