Orinda, the “bedroom community” for UC Berkeley Professors. I guess some of their $hit leaked over the hill!
More device users that have no concept of a password.
It’s called the “IoT”: Internet of Things.
And, “Things” can and will happen, a lot of them not very nice.
This is why there is a band-aid covering my laptop camera.
Perhaps the lesson here is that “secure WiFi” isn’t. For that matter, “secure Internet” isn’t either, not really.
Read this in the morning fish wrap and couldn’t help but chuckle at the fools.
This is just more new technology for the sake of new technology. Sorry, but I’ve become a Luddite in the past 5-10 years, after being something of an early adopter when I was younger. Very few of these companies think through the unintended consequences anymore, and the idiots to whom they market these products are either too stupid or too “busy” to be bothered investigating what they are getting themselves into.
The next “new tech” is Nissan’s newest auto innovation where you don’t need to use the gas pedal or the brake in traffic, the car does it itself. My wife and I looked at each other after the ad and gave each other the “Ain’t happening in this household” look.
A Google company
If anyone tells you, you have three hours to spare, you’re already on to them. At best you’d have 25 to 45 minutes. If it’s a cruise missile fired from a sub off-shore, you could have less than ten.
>>Lyons and her husband stood slack-jawed in the living room, terrified but also confused because the television continued airing the NFC Championship football game.
There have been several “doom” situations (Titanic, fires, etc.) where there was little to no chance of survival so the band just plays on.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicians_of_the_RMS_Titanic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_Club_fire
This is a clear case of people owning equipment that they are too stupid to own.
It’s easy to protect, along with the home WiFi.
But not if you’re stupid.
Ring ring
Lady: Hello?
Kid: Hey, is your refrigerator running?
Lady: Why, yes.
Kid: You’d better go chase it!
Although he liked 1984 he said Orwell got it wrong.
Big Brother wouldn't be forced on people by a tyrannical government. People would willing give up their freedoms for pleasure and convince.
While everyone cites 1984 Huxley was closer to the truth than Orwell.
More to the point, “the internet of things.”
I don’t know how people are allowing Alexa, Siri and Google into so many connected areas of their homes.
This isn’t grumpy old man, “Darn newfangled gadgets confoundit!”
This is having watched every tech heavy movie from 2001 to Enemy of the State and series like Mr. Robot and taking the threats seriously.
About the only area where I see value in an internet home camera is a front doorbell.
Internet connected appliances, HVAC, voice activated *Insert service/device here* is just well beyond what I want to accept in potential problems, threats and attacks.
Hell, my PC is still behind a wired firewall.
“third party hack”
Someone found a way to exploit that backdoor we left open to collect info about you.
Firewall...
Dorks...