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- cross-posted to:
- hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
Take it from every single IT professional ever:
Do not plug your home security system into the internet
If you’re using stuff like this for security, you got bigger problems.
Laugh all you want, my water leak sensors are just my first line of defense against atlantis’ invasion forces
Gamer
Water leak sensors are fine though
Only if they aren’t connected to the Internet. Otherwise they offer the same vulnerabilities as other IOT devices including security cameras. Over the years basically every home security system i’ve sold at my department store job has shown up in the news leaking data, or getting hacked.
And it’s not the water sensor thats important. It’s the users personal information that they need to give to the service to use the water sensor.