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You should unplug your WD My Book Live immediately if you don't want to lose all your data
Malicious actors are causing factory resets with complete data wipes
A nightmare scenario for personal cloud storage users is playing out right now thanks to malicious actors attacking certain Western Digital connected hard drives. The situation is so desperate that WD support is telling customers to unplug their My Book Live hardware from the internet as soon as possible in order to avert disaster.
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- LiftMaster and Chamberlain officially announced the IFTTT and Google Assistant integration, though they've been live for a while, and the pricing behind it. You'll have to pay $1/month or $10/year to be able to use these two services with your garage door, and there's a 30-day trial to see if it works for you before you start putting down money.
IFTTT is a godsend solution for people who use different services and platforms and wish they could make them work better together. The idea of tying triggers from one device to actions on another is especially practical in the smart home, and even more so when you can use Google Home to control all those devices through IFTTT even if they don't have direct Assistant integration - yet.
There are plenty of network-attached storage ("NAS") solutions available, however if you are a fan of Western Digital, you may be the owner of their My Book Live line of devices (available much cheaper on Amazon). Although reviews indicate that it is a solid product, it lacks a convenient method of remotely accessing the data, especially considering its MioNet solution is "nearly useless." Owners of this NAS will be pleased to hear that WD has launched the WD 2go Android app that helps bridge the remote access gap by providing an alternative method of viewing the content on your NAS.