Are You Being Watched?

[Harold Scoggins]

I guess my "Smart Home" isn't that smart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P0rSnt2HSU&index=3&list=PLeyJPHbRnGaZmzkCwy3-8ykUZm_8B9kKM

[A-Jay]

 The 'high tech' home security never really sounded like a good plan to me.

Call me old school but I'm more of

Dead Bolt, Big Dogs & Loaded Shot Gun kind of guy . . .

A-Jay

[BassNJake]

42 minutes ago, Harold Scoggins said:

I guess my "Smart Home" isn't that smart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P0rSnt2HSU&index=3&list=PLeyJPHbRnGaZmzkCwy3-8ykUZm_8B9kKM

Moral of the story, change the default password on everything.

[Harold Scoggins]

2 hours ago, A-Jay said:

 The 'high tech' home security never really sounded like a good plan to me.

Call me old school but I'm more of

Dead Bolt, Big Dogs & Loaded Shot Gun kind of guy . . .

A-Jay

I hear ya, and if that doesn't scare them, a piledriver followed by a rear naked choke should do it.

[Bankbeater]

Too many ways that a tech savvy person can get past the system. I’ve always believed that a high caliber weapon was a better deterrent anyway. 

[DogBone_384]

I agree with A-Jay.

[TnRiver46]

On 10/17/2018 at 11:53 AM, A-Jay said:

 The 'high tech' home security never really sounded like a good plan to me.

Call me old school but I'm more of

Dead Bolt, Big Dogs & Loaded Shot Gun kind of guy . . .

A-Jay

12 gauge and dog is good stuff. I have 3 dogs, all loud and one can be mean haha. You guessed it, she’s the alpha female

[A-Jay]

5 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

12 gauge and dog is good stuff. I have 3 dogs, all loud and one can be mean haha. You guessed it, she’s the alpha female

No Doubt ~ 

We always say our males will fight for dominance but the females fight to the death.

A-Jay

[GReb]

I have a couple of outdoor wireless cameras. They can hack them if they want. They’re mainly there to give the wife peace of mind. 80 % of the recorded activity is the ups man dropping off packages. There will never be a camera inside my house. I even keep tape across my laptop webcam

[Boomstick]

Is this a Nord VPN ad? Just wondering...

[Koz]

On 10/17/2018 at 2:31 PM, Harold Scoggins said:

I guess my "Smart Home" isn't that smart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P0rSnt2HSU&index=3&list=PLeyJPHbRnGaZmzkCwy3-8ykUZm_8B9kKM

 

Unfortunately (or fortunately if you are a hacker) a large percentage of people like those in the video are oblivious to security concerns. But at the same time - as noted in the video - many companies don't think "worst case scenario" when coding.

 

Many hire third party coders and these companies don't know the proper questions about security to ask the coders. Or companies don't want to pay extra to have better security features within the code. Some of these coders are legit but lazy. They code what is asked but don't offer their own input on security. Then you have the nefarious coders that will sell the code they created or code exploits.

 

On the surface, things like Siri, Alexa, and Google are pretty neat. But there are both security and privacy issues that most people do not take into consideration. Google is not your friend. Their entire business model is built around data collection. Your data. Data that can be hacked, compiled from multiple sources, and cross referenced.

 

What happens when the bad guys are able to access and cross reference all of that data? Bad things. Really, really bad things. The 1929 stock market crash will look like a single raindrop compared to what could happen.

 

 

[burrows]

War is peace! Freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength!  

 

1984           

 

[Sam]

Do not have a security camera. Have a field camera to catch pics of the deer and fox plus others walking their dogs in our field.

 

My wife and I are too boring to have anyone have any interest in us.

 

Maybe if I ride the lawn tractor naked when cutting the field someone will notice. Then again...........

[detroit1]

Yes Harold. I can see you now. Smile please.

[Gundog]

Time to bring out the onesie and the slip-n-slide and put on a show for the viewers. Possibly get that tattoo I've always wanted on my butt. Maybe practice taxidermy on my grandma. So many things to do, so little time, so many people spying on me.