How smart devices harvest your data... and that of your family
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Our personal information can now be collected from an ever-growing number of smart machines. Our phones are, of course one culprit, but also speakers, wearable health monitors and so on. And even if you don't own a single smart device, information about you can still be gathered through facial recognition-enabled surveillance cameras.

Ken Munro is a cyber-security expert who specializes in advising companies and individuals about the daily risks of sharing data. Here's what he managed to find out about The Agenda's Stephen Cole at the click of a mouse.

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