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re: Would you let an app lock your front door? Meet Amazon's Alexa
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:12 pm to CAD703X
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:12 pm to CAD703X
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alexa dumbs this down for the masses because they dont want to get sued because a burglar was standing outside and yelled "alexa unlock my front door"
Yep. Do you know if there's a way to disable/enable Alexa listening? You'd be able to set a trigger to get around that problem.
As soon as I finished typing that last sentence I realized you could just have it on a wifi outlet that turns off when you leave and back on when you arrive.
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Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:13 pm to junkfunky
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you could just have it on a wifi outlet that turns off when you leave and back on when you arrive.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:14 pm to NYNolaguy1
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If you can lock the door, someone else can unlock it.
I'll go out on a limb and say I'm pretty sure they thought about the possibilities much more carefully than you or I have.
That isn't to say nothing can go wrong, just that it won't be something obvious.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:15 pm to CAD703X
I'm a fricking genius, CAD 
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:16 pm to foshizzle
deadbolts stop criminals like firearm free zones stop school shooters.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:57 pm to NYNolaguy1
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I vote no. If you can lock the door, someone else can unlock it.
Hate to break it to you chief but if they want to get in, they will. They aren't worried about your front door or how fancy the lock is.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:00 pm to CAD703X
shite I meant zwave not wifi
But I'm an idiot, bluetooth seems more popular than i thought.
But I'm an idiot, bluetooth seems more popular than i thought.
This post was edited on 7/28/16 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:02 pm to NYNolaguy1
No biggie. As the old saying goes, locks only keep honest people out
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:12 pm to NYNolaguy1
Plenty of people have their locks/alarms controlled by their phones. Why is this an issue? No use to me until they add an unlock feature though. This would only be utilized if someone without a key needs to access my home, which I can't do without an unlock feature.
This post was edited on 7/28/16 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:34 pm to NYNolaguy1
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:37 pm to slackster
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Mankind has been has always been lazy. Every advancement in history centers around making things easier.
Sorry had to point out you made this comment and your username is Slackster lol
But yeah I agree a lot of inventions are around for us to make out lives easier
This post was edited on 7/28/16 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:56 pm to NYNolaguy1
Someone can connect to a password protected home wifi network pretty easily. Once they've done that, they have everything that's on that network. Chrysler learned that when people were hacking cars that had wifi and taking control of them.
If you're going to automate your home like that, you need better than 'basic' network security.
If you're going to automate your home like that, you need better than 'basic' network security.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:58 pm to LSU8654722
quote:No one is going to sit in your driveway and "hack" into your network instead of just breaking in
Someone can connect to a password protected home wifi network pretty easily. Once they've done that, they have everything that's on that network.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 2:13 pm to NYNolaguy1
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If you can lock the door, someone else can unlock it.
Sooo.... What do you do to you're front door right now?
Posted on 7/28/16 at 2:34 pm to LSU8654722
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Someone can connect to a password protected home wifi network pretty easily. Once they've done that, they have everything that's on that network.
First of all
Second of all, home automation is the absolute least of my worries if I thought hackers were invading my home network in my driveway.
Third of all, criminals can always just break a window or a lock or a door or whatever. Home automation doesn't make it any easier or harder to break into your house than it already is.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 2:47 pm to Breesus
I just got Alexa last week. Pretty cool, although I don't have all the smart shite in my house yet to fully take advantage.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 2:48 pm to Breesus
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Third of all, criminals can always just break a window or a lock or a door or whatever. Home automation doesn't make it any easier or harder to break into your house than it already is.
ever since i saw that video a few years back of a dude using a knife to CUT A DOOR IN THE SIDING and walk through the wall of a house in like 20 seconds i threw my hands up worrying about the door lock.
there's another one of a guy doing something similar with a brick house. crazy how 'easy' it is to come right through the damn wall; forget the door or windows.
This post was edited on 7/28/16 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:37 pm to NYNolaguy1
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I vote no. If you can lock the door, someone else can unlock it.
You mean like a key?
Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:47 pm to SaintBrees
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This would only be utilized if someone without a key needs to access my home, which I can't do without an unlock feature.
article says it is in the works
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