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Before You Sell or Give Away That Smart Home Device…

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Do you know how much information is stored on a device like the Google Home or Amazon Echo?

Before you decide to get rid of it, by donating, or handing it down to a friend, you may want to check out this article:

Your smart speakers are listening: Wipe them clean before giving them away. Here’s how

I mean it would be embarrassing if they could just access all the information about your home, and account, wouldn’t it? Don’t let that happen, learn how to reset it before you let it go.

That goes for all of your tech, by the way.

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