Reply to post: Home security is already laughable, who cares about Hack-azon?

Knock, knock. Who’s there? Another Amazon Key door-lock hack

Nimby
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Home security is already laughable, who cares about Hack-azon?

Even a dumb criminal can quietly warp most door frames with a simple lever in 5 seconds or less, bypassing the locking mechanism entirely. Only slightly longer to use a car jack to take out security door frames. (They can lift vehicles weighing tons after all.) Not to mention windows, which can easily be broken silently if you know how. Or as even stated, attack the structure anywhere outside of the door frame where it will be much weaker. Homes are designed to keep weather and animals out, not people. Humans are tool users. Criminals don't return to the scene of the crime, so they aren't concerned about causing permanent damage. And if they have a getaway plan, they won't even care about making noise because they will be gone before police/security can respond, even if a security alarm goes off. So who cares if Amazon's IoT crapware is insecure? It'd take a lot more effort / time to attack their lock than it would to break in using traditional methods. The only person who might bother would be a security researcher. Too many other faster, easier, better alternatives to bother with hacking.

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