Are you really secure?
We're seeing an increase in "smart" security systems but are they really keeping us secure?
Apple's HomeKit security system has some troubling flaws that expose the dangers of smart security systems. It seems the more connected we become, the more vulnerable we are.
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Nathan Gesner Just stopping by to assist you in reaching the magic, FREE, #.
Thanks for the helpful post as well.
Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
If you get past Lunie Tunie without being eaten, I will shoot you and Italians don't like witnesses. We need nothing else except the security doors front and back. I don't trust tech for stuff like this. All it takes is one creep with too much info . . .
Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
Carol Williams that's the truth! It seems like every technology solution invites several more problems.
Thank you, Roy. I'll never catch you but I appreciate your help along the way.
Many people don't even think about what happens when technology transfers hands. If a home has wireless video cameras, how do you know the previous owner didn't maintain a connection to them? Dangerous stuff, Jeff Dowler
I agree, Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA . I recently sold a house that had a $5,000 gun safe in the basement with an electronic lock. Nobody knew the code. A little research on my phone showed me how to pull the battery and revert it to the default code. I had access in less than five minutes!!! These "sophisticated" systems are often extremely easy to circumnavigate.
Sometimes the password requirements are so strict that people can't possibly remember them so they use something simple like a keyboard pattern. The complicated security system actually results in more people being unsafe! Thanks for commenting, Kevin J. May .
Kevin J. May
Hobe Sound, FL
Thank you for stopping in and helping out, Mary Yonkers !
Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
Candice A. Donofrio it's nice to live in a community where the majority of homes have weapons. I think people leave their doors unlocked just hoping they can shoot a burglar! ;)
Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
Nathan:
And what about any passwords that have been set up for control from your phone, like your furnace, that need to be changed. And is there equipment that conveys and doesn't?
Jeff
Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
There are many things most people would forget.
Good evening Nathan Gesner,
Your post is on a topic we all need to consider when we use technology. Its great but we also open ourselves up to being vulnerable. You are almost over the 500,000 mark!!
Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
Just checking in to help you hit that 500,000 mark.
Nathan Gesner
Cody, WY
Interesting....we have sold some "smart" homes didn't realize that there were as many hazards as well.
Dorie Dillard thank you for stopping in and helping "push me over the edge" this week!
Bob "RealMan" Timm thanks for helping out. Have a great week!
Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
It's a hazard that many wouldn't realize, Sally K. & David L. Hanson . Have a great week!
It really is scary - the more we do, the more vulnerable we tend to become, Nathan! I will say there are pockets in our area the people often don't have keys at Closing - they never lock their doors and while living there, they manage to lose their keys!
I think we're on the technology track and it is inevitable. It seems to be a necessary evil. I think security will get better but, not without mistakes and learning experiences. It's definitely buyer beware.
Nathan, I've always heard if people want to get into your house, they'll find a way.
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