23 Replies to “Just Brilliant”

  1. If one is stupid enough to use Internet of Things, then one deserves the results. And betting that Wi-Fi is secure on any device made in the US is foolish as well. Bet on back doors for the FedPigs.

    1. That’s easy to say, Mark. But there are many instances where the ability to control devices from a smart phone is extremely useful. One use we have is for a locking gate to the parking garage. Confirmed employees are able to use their phones to gain access. Much better than the other options considered. No lost keys, easy to change credentials occasionally, etc. And frankly we don’t care if the Feds want to monitor who is coming into our parking garage.

        1. Just look how far we’ve come. You can use your smartphone to order food. Oh wait…never mind.

        2. colon, I can be in Europe and get a call that some one needs aces to a certain property. And I just open the gat for them. Now tell me why you think you know more than me as to acquisition of jet fighters, you are enough up to speed on basic technology

          1. OK Enema, so in the past when you went to Europe there was no way for anyone to access said property and the cellphone saved you. Good for you. As Mark has pointed out, you get what you deserve.

            Funny that you’re still butthurt about embarrassing yourself with support for the Turdo’s Super Hornets years ago. If you did not remind people about that burst of stupidity they would probably forget it. First rule of holes and all that.

        3. Colonialista, true, people managed to get along without technology, just like people managed to eat before guns came along. And there’s all those other pieces of modern technology that might be used the wrong way. Like internal combustion engines. And airplanes, people got around the world without them. And when enough people will see it your way, that’s when AOC will be President.

          Meanwhile, the rest of us might be as stupid as Mark thinks, at least judged by his metric, but the good we accomplish with all this technology will outweigh the bad.

          1. yah rick, and people used to git along with cars planes, TV’s, and a shit load of more techno shit. Try again, as you just failed, like the colon did

            Hay COLON, I have pretty damn good analytical skills, so no, I stand by my assessment as to the planes to buy. Numebers are the most critical in such a purchase, annnnnnnnnnnnnnd, goofy boy, the 35 is 2 times as expensive as a super hornet. You are just phukking stooipid

          2. “And when enough people will see it your way, that’s when AOC will be President.”

            Bitch please. Use whatever technology you want. I am not going to deny you the right to make stupid choices. But I am going to laugh at you when the stupidity of your choice bites you in the a$$. Live and let die and laugh when they do.

          3. “Hay COLON, I have pretty damn good analytical skills”

            Yay ENEMA but are your mad skillz as good as UnMe’s masters? Maybe you two could compare your Internet micro penises?

            And you’re still wrong about the SuperStopgap. Stuck on stupid evidently.

    2. If one is stupid enough to pay 30 euros for a lightbulb, to avoid the inconvenience of manually flipping a lightswitch when entering a room, then one deserves to be hacked, stolen from and resoundingly mocked.

      1. Just kidding
        I agree. And after the light bulb stops working you have to correctly dispose of it.

    1. Because I heat my house up to 8 months of the year, I still use incandescents to go along with the electric baseboard heaters. An electrician, when asked, said it makes no difference if the heat comes from the heaters or the bulbs. In the summer the sun is up for so long everyday that there is very little use for lights.

  3. The article makes a very important point. The person who wants to hack your wifi doesn’t need access to the premises. Only the garbage cans. Light bulbs don’t last forever, and it is difficult to destroy those little tiny chips. A company isn’t going to bother.

    One defense comes to mind, keep all the IoT crap on an air-gapped wifi router. This means running two networks on premises, but that looks like it would easily be worth it.

  4. If someone can get to your garbage, they’re close enough to your premises to train a dedicated wifi cracking laptop on your wifi-enabled router, and if they’re using a decent rig they can have your WPA2 password in 10-15 minutes. It just isn’t that hard to brute-force consumer grade gear. Dumpster-diving for your discarded IoT hardware is possibly the most labor-intensive, inefficient way of penetrating your home network.

    This means running two networks on premises, but that looks like it would easily be worth it.

    Spending an extra $50 a month on another wifi network that can be broken in less time than a Seinfeld episode isn’t a solution. And a ne’er-do-well will be much better served cracking a local small business and introducing ransomware into their computers than messing with Joe and Jane Sixpack’s home wifi.

  5. Its much easier to hack probably 95% of wifi networks out there than do this. People keep the older standards enabled which dont take long to open up if you know what you are doing.

    A better practice is to have totally segregated networks.

    1. alla S, that is what I told my IT guy SIL more than 20 years ago. There are some hi IQ’r in the family, and they have shown just how easy a hack is. Fact , my SIL is a hi IQ’r, and a bit slow some times:-)))

  6. Yeah, most peoples passwords are likely easily cracked just by dictionary brute force. Or rainbow tables. Or just a simple guess.

    All these people on here who clearly have no idea what they are talking about. Seems like no knowledge is even more dangerous than a little knowledge.

    Use good passwords, don’t put stuff you don’t need to on the Internet. Use some common sense.

    1. My “pet” peeve? As if anyone asked … are the ridiculous “security questions” my banking and investment houses offer for use. For ex. Name of the hospital where you were born? Name of the first school you attended? Maternal Grandmother’s maiden name? Aren’t all of these questions rather easily tracked down by hackers? And these are my so-called SECURITY questions!? I usually choose the question … “what was the name of your favorite pet” … Mr. Biggles the cat! Damn it! I just gave away my security question.

  7. Just remember, these expensive energy efficient smart bulbs last so long that the chance you’ll be changing one in your lifetime is nearly zero and unlike the energy efficient mercury vapor light bulbs no hazmat suit required if one breaks.

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