Couple ‘felt so violated’ after hacker took over smart home devices, began talking to them

Tribune Media Wire ^ | 09/23/2019

[mom aka the evil dictator]

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee couple says their smart home was hacked after their camera began talking to them, and their thermostat reached upwards of 90 degrees.

The Westmoreland family installed a Nest camera, doorbell, and thermostat in their home in 2018. They had no problems until they heard a voice talking through a camera in their kitchen.

[bgill]

"It's supposed to make me feel safe

She invited the devil into her home so what did she expect?

Smart people are smart enough to set the thermostat themselves.

[Innovative]

Unplug those devices and it will be quiet again.

I hope they don’t have a camera attached to a computer so the hacker can’t see them what they do.

[mmichaels1970]

The Westmorelands said they're upset their $700 system was a gateway into their home.

Aw no it wasn’t. They hacked your WiFi or router. Probably sniffed out your ip and got into your router with a factory default password.

They didn’t remotely connect to the stinkin thermostat. Cmon.

[CrazyIvan]

The perp might find that none of my weapons can be hacked. (However several of them are very good at hacking)

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Tell me again why I should want this stuff in my house.

[beethovenfan]

That’s why I like my dumb home.

[ChildOfThe60s]

She did not realize that was only the beginning of a roller coaster 24 hours.

Geez, it took them 24 hours to unplug the router? Seriously?

They should go back to flip phones (or at least smart phones that are only accessing via cell towers, slower but a lot safer - data plans are cheap enough) and have only a hard wire net connection.You can live with walking to the room in the house with the computer........ Or you can be terrified because you are too ignorant to unplug the router.

Another way around this is to get a good & fast data plan for the cell phone and tether the laptop to it if they need a mobile computer connection.

[Bommer]

You mean password as my password isn’t safe?

[LongWayHome]

I removed the “smart thermostat” when I purchased this current house & put in the retro Honeywell thermostat...works just fine.

My neighbor has been fighting his “smart thermostat” since he put it in...he can’t make it work right.

[AzNASCARfan]

[mmichaels1970]

If you have the internet in your home, if you have a cable modem or router, you are vulnerable.

[minnesota_bound]

Big Bang Theory - Penny gets violated.....
https://youtu.be/y1FCKpARWY8?t=125

[minnesota_bound]

#30 that gal is quite hairy looking.....

[AzNASCARfan]

Funny I did not notice that, but you are right...
she really needs to shave her back!

[ronnie raygun]

Google, apple, government, surprised?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

This is too funny. It reminds me of a great 80s movie, Real Genius;