Anyone else have a security app for their home on their phone?

Talk about ultimate indulgence, but I have a smartphone app that activates my alarm with a voice recognition command. It turns on lights in my house, will dial the police if commanded to do so, and can remotely activate the alarm if I forget to arm it or override it. This, to me is very useful, provided that one has security settings on their phone. This does give some peace of mind with coin collection.

 

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Except that I was reading a report earlier in the week about some hackers that cracked into some of those systems and started messing with people's lights, coffee makers etc. Tech is only good as long as it cannot be compromised - which indeed seriously limits it's applications in the real world.

 

i don't have a smartphone or an iphone or an ipad or any of those things. i have never had any type of home security system. i don't even lock my doors at night or any other time.

 

Life without my "smart"phone would be possible, I assume but hard. Such a remote alarm system, however, I don't have.

Christian

 

Yeah, I heard about those hackers too. They can get into just about anything that's on your phone so I'm not sure if it is even a risk I'd like to take. Some hackers have even found a way to control certain cars, which is pretty scary since they can cut your brakes off with about zero evidence.

 

Nope my security system consists of a 12 ga and a p 228 sig sauer among other things

 

One sling shot and 2000 marbles is all I need.

 

Thankfully my USA phone is a "dumb" phone that just makes calls and texts. My "Europe" phone does more than that but I only use it there.

 

Uh oh...hope they don't switch your morning coffee from regular to decaf!

 

Lmao!!

 

Guess that would be about as error prone as all those guns and bullets that some people rely on. But yes, a phone that you can use for making emergency calls, now that sounds like a brilliant innovation ...

Christian