Question about Smartthings platform security (2018)

[JDRoberts]

The short answer is that smartthings does not provide any level of platform security beyond simple sign in.

There is an FAQ where people talk about various ways of securing their home network, all of which is good information if you’re worried about being hacked, but doesn’t actually solve the issue of someone signing into your SmartThings account.

Network Security: A guide to securing your IoT home

Hello everyone! I wanted to put together a post that I think will help educate people on how to secure their home network in the IoT world. Some of you may ask why I think this post may be necessary. Here’s the deal, most of the big IoT companies take security very seriously, and SmartThings recently came out on top as far as security goes with smart home devices (Congrats STs!!) Your network security is only secure as the weakest point of entry. So although SmartThings, and others, take the security of their product seriously, if you do not take the security of your own network as seriously your network can be vulnerable. Keeping your network secure from 99% of the world is relatively easy with a few simple steps. I will go over some of the things you can do to secure your home netw…

@tgauchat Is a big proponent of two factor authentication, but is far as I know Samsung has not shown much interest in adding that to smartthings although the option has been suggested for at least four years now.

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