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IKEA new Zigbee sensors for doors and windows, motion, water leaks are under $10 (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Take it from every single IT professional ever:

Do not plug your home security system into the internet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you’re using stuff like this for security, you got bigger problems.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Laugh all you want, my water leak sensors are just my first line of defense against atlantis' invasion forces

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Gamer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Water leak sensors are fine though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Only if they aren't connected to the Internet. Otherwise they offer the same vulnerabilities as other IOT devices including security cameras. Over the years basically every home security system i've sold at my department store job has shown up in the news leaking data, or getting hacked.

And it's not the water sensor thats important. It's the users personal information that they need to give to the service to use the water sensor.