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Philipa decided to get revenge when her boyfriend left her and started a relationship with another woman.

For his revenge, he took advantage of the fact that his boyfriend's house was partially domotized (it has

security cameras, speakers and smart lights connected to the

Amazon Alexa system) to

drive away his ex-partner's new girlfriend

, according to the BBC.

Philipa knew the passwords of both her ex-boyfriend's Amazon Alexa account and her Facebook profile.

A knowledge that he took advantage of to

enter his ex-boyfriend's Facebook

, upload a

picture of him completely naked

accompanied by the text "My question of the day: am I fat?".

A case that happened in the United Kingdom that shows the

dangers of sharing personal passwords

for social networks or home automation.

An intrusion into the profile that, at first, went unnoticed by her ex-boyfriend.

However, Philipa herself wrote: "

Maybe you want to delete your nude photo from Facebook

."

To make it difficult to remove the photo, the woman took the opportunity to change the victim's Facebook password and sent the image to her ex-boyfriend's friends and associates.

At another point, the woman accessed the home automation platform, Amazon Alexa, to

address her ex-boyfriend's new partner through a smart speaker

and

tell him to leave the house

, while she was in London further 100 kilometers from there.

In addition, in order to annoy her, he set about remotely turning the bedroom lights on and off.

Likewise, he also took the opportunity to

insult his ex-partner's new girlfriend through the social network Match.com

, a social network to flirt.

Philipa has admitted the facts in court and has pleaded guilty to

publishing intimate images of her ex-boyfriend

with the aim of causing him discomfort.

His case is seen for sentencing on October 9.

The risk of domotizing your home

"This is a clear case of the

dangers to which a person is exposed by placing security cameras or other objects connected to the Internet such as 'smart locks' in our home,

" private security expert sources assure PIXEL. "If our passwords fall into the hands of criminals", they continue, "they can be used to monitor our habits, activity at home and know where we keep money or valuables and use this information to

plan a robbery

."

A risk before which a recommendation is raised: "We must use unique and robust passwords for our security cameras and other home automation equipment. In addition, it is also convenient to

monitor that the email address

to which our account is associated has not been compromised ", say the same sources.

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