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Smart gadgets such as Alexa and Google's assistant are becoming more common, but people are warned about the dangers of having so much smart technology in their homes. TV sets, temperature controls, door locks, electric lamps and toothbrushes can now connect to the Internet and collect and transmit personal behavior data.

According to the Daily Mail, two academics questioned what was happening to the data collected by these devices and who was using them later, as the data were now a valuable commodity.

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Professors Chris Speed ​​and Joe Lindley, both experts on the Internet, warned of their own security, saying smart technology was vulnerable to hackers.

Lindley, of Lancaster University, said technology companies were increasingly using smart technology to sell products and collect data.

Professor Speed ​​of the University of Edinburgh said that smart technology could be used positively in the health sector to diagnose the disease, but warned about the problems of organizing the data. It may be sold to third parties as important data.