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This thread has rekindled my interest in a home alarm system.
SimpliSafe was mentioned in that thread, and it initially looked great as I read the company's website, but a little digging turned up these two major concerns with it:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcwebertobias/2015/01/29/this-popular-wireless-alarm-system-can-be-hacked-with-a-magnet-and-scotch-tape/#5324e9635950
http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2016/02/17/simplisafe-alarm-attacks/#269942ec79a3
It didn't take long to realize there are a lot of got'chas to be considered, many of them I'm not even aware of yet.
So I'm just starting my research - if there's interest, I'll post what I learn and eventually decide on.
It would be great to hear advice and experiences from FBGs that have already have a system.
Here are the various features I'd like in a system:
SimpliSafe was mentioned in that thread, and it initially looked great as I read the company's website, but a little digging turned up these two major concerns with it:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcwebertobias/2015/01/29/this-popular-wireless-alarm-system-can-be-hacked-with-a-magnet-and-scotch-tape/#5324e9635950
http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2016/02/17/simplisafe-alarm-attacks/#269942ec79a3
It didn't take long to realize there are a lot of got'chas to be considered, many of them I'm not even aware of yet.
So I'm just starting my research - if there's interest, I'll post what I learn and eventually decide on.
It would be great to hear advice and experiences from FBGs that have already have a system.
Here are the various features I'd like in a system:
- Reasonably priced, both the system and monthly monitoring
- Decent functionality even without monthly monitoring being purchased (e.g. sends alerts to your phone)
- Wireless
- Easily self installed, easy to use
- Vulnerabilities such as in the above links have been resolved, no glaring weakness
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