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[–] NAXLAB -1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Take it from every single IT professional ever:

Do not plug your home security system into the internet

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Water leak sensors are fine though

[–] NAXLAB 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

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