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...out from many. First, the rise of the idea that crowds are wise and the logic that open systems produce better quality results than closed ones. Second is the decline in the authority accorded to scientific knowledge, and the sense that scientific authorities are no longer always seen as objective or even reliable. As the authority of named experts housed in institutions...

...out that many of these devices are either poorly secured by manufacturers, or do not receive the necessary updates to fix security issues. The attacks are known as ‘man in the middle attacks’ where hackers compromise a device involved in an exchange of data (such as between yourself and a distant website) and use that compromised device to steal data – such as...