Comcast launches subscription Wi-Fi security service
With the Consumer Electronics Show underway in Las Vegas, consumers are set to endure a flood of product announcements for connected devices they didn’t know they wanted, creating more potential gateways for home networks to be exploited by hackers. After all, some 20.4 billion devices will be connected to the internet by 2020, up from 8.4 billion in 2017, according to projections from the market research firm Gartner. Many of those devices are not manufactured with security in mind, as evidenced by recent cyberattacks. Now, Comcast is looking to tap into the internet-of-things security market with a new subscription service announced Tuesday. The company’s xFi Advanced Security is a $5.99-per-month service available to existing Comcast Wi-Fi customers that is meant to monitor all of a network’s devices for suspicious activity, block anything necessary, and alert the customer. To subscribe, customers must already be renting the company’s Xfinity xFi Advanced Gateway modem, which by default gives […]
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