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WiFi deauthentication attacks and home security

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Re: WiFi deauthentication attacks and home security

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>Finally, none of this is even slightly new. A presentation from Def Con in 2016 covered this, demonstrating that Nest cameras could be blocked in the same way. The industry doesn't seem to have learned from this.

Well that's a kind of fundamental flaw of Wifi networks, so you're kinda stuck with this if you use Wifi, nope ?

Re: WiFi deauthentication attacks and home security

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post #2

Depending on where you live, your neighbors recording audio may be illegal and you should confront them about it https://www.southerncaliforniadefenseblog.com/2018/04/do-rin...

The article you link to suggests that people with these doorbells probably have nothing to worry about ("Unless you are deliberately using a recording for exploitive or commercial purposes, you face little risk of facing charges for violating wiretapping laws through your everyday use of a doorbell camera."); not sure why you're using it as evidence to the contrary.

Re: WiFi deauthentication attacks and home security

#5
I think the title should be changed to something like "how to protect your privacy with Wifi deauthentication".

Incidentally, I was considering one of these devices as an addition to my home automation setup, then I realized that it would not be cool to monitor every person getting out of the elevators on my floor.

Re: WiFi deauthentication attacks and home security

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post #2

Depending on where you live, your neighbors recording audio may be illegal and you should confront them about it https://www.southerncaliforniadefenseblog.com/2018/04/do-rin...

Unlikely. Devices installed for security purposes cannot trigger wiretapping charges since there's no reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place and no intent to record confidential conversations in the first place.

Either way, it's not a well written post. I'd shred it here but the comments below it already cover what I would have said.

Re: WiFi deauthentication attacks and home security

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post #2

Depending on where you live, your neighbors recording audio may be illegal and you should confront them about it https://www.southerncaliforniadefenseblog.com/2018/04/do-rin...

Unlikely. Devices installed for security purposes cannot trigger wiretapping charges since there's no reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place and no intent to record confidential conversations in the first place. Either way, it's not a well written post. I'd shred it here but the comments below it already cover what I would have said.

It's not clear that a corridor inside an access controlled building is a public place.
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