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Firewalla Gold review: A router, network protector and more for the smart home

September 16, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 15 Comments

Last summer, I reviewed the Firewalla Blue, a small connected box that promised to help monitor and secure my smart home. I was very impressed by the device back then so when the company offered to loan me their new Firewalla Gold product, I jumped … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: ad blocker, data security, Docker, Firewalla, HomeBridge, network monitoring, router, security, smart home, VPN

Just how secure is Home Assistant? (Hint: very)

April 8, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast, a listener with the same name as me called in asking about Home Assistant security. Specifically, he wanted to know how secure I thought it was and I'm super glad he asked. Why? Because as I've continued my DIY journey … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: 2FA, Home Assistant, hubs, Nabu Casa, open source, raspberry pi, security, smart home, SSH, VPN

Where does your connected device data go? Firewalla tells you that and more.

July 24, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 6 Comments

If you’re reading this post, chances are you have one, if not several, IoT devices in your home. So how do you know that these connected devices are sending your data to the servers that you’d expect? The companies that make our video doorbells, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: data, Firewalla, Google WiFi, mesh networking, network monitoring, privacy, reviews, smart home, VPN, Wi-Fi

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