11mo ago

Minnesota burglars are using Wi-Fi jammers to disable home security systems

www.techspot.com Minnesota burglars are using Wi-Fi jammers to disable home security systems

Police in Edina, Minnesota, said that the string of burglaries over the past half a year doesn't involve victims who are chosen at random; instead, the criminals...

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Don't many of the wifi cameras include local recording to SD cards?
- Sure, but I wager many folks go with the easiest route and just rely on cloud storage or possibly local central storage.
  Regardless, hardwire is best for any "critical" system to avoid shit like this. I've been telling my family for years that once common criminals adapted to the times, people with wireless everything smart homes were going to be in for a world of hurt. My reason being that the vast majority of IoT type crap are notoriously riddled with easily exploitable vulnerabilities. WiFi jamming isn't anything new or even complex, but it's just the tip of the iceberg of what's to come for low tier criminals, IMO. We truly are entering the early stages of the cyberpunk era, but without all the cool cyberware implants (yet).
- They may not care about being filmed, so much as being able to call the cops while they're in the middle of robbing you.
  
  The article stated that they are watching the homes and going in when no one is home in order to avoid any confrontation.
  
  Exactly. They are trying to avoid confrontation, so they don't want people seeing someone on their security camera and calling the cops.
  If you get an alert that there's motion in your living room, you may check and would call the cops if you see something. If you get an alert that your camera is disconnected you quietly curse your ISP and continue about your day.

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