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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2358868, member: 71510&quot;]There&#039;s lots of technical details to this, but there are some that are capable - and of course once you do and you&#039;ve accepted the EULA (end user license agreement) that says I agree to &quot;whatever was in there&quot; without reading it - you realize they have been recording it.</p><p><br /></p><p>You <b><u>DID</u></b> read the End User License Agreement, right?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The bigger fear is that as more people find out how to exploit these technologies - you will have more viruses, spyware, malware, etc...</p><p><br /></p><p>You have installed a 2-way communications device with storage, connectivity, microphone and camera on the inside of your home network.&nbsp; It has a read/write operating system on it and the wireless network password stored on it as well.&nbsp; It&#039;s a real computer and should be secured as such.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;It sees you when you&#039;re sleeping, it knows when you&#039;re awake&quot; and it&#039;s very well enabled to capture information and broadcast it to the public internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;It hears you calling Coin Vault and giving your credit card number and details to the operator for their basement slabbed and overpriced ASE&#039;s&quot;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Without proper controls in place (that manufacturers rarely put in - or enable because they want everything to be easy for the consumer), you have another exploitable device in your home.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a subnet between my entertainment network and &quot;other&quot; stuff in my house.&nbsp; I&#039;ve got a little piece of tape across all cameras on all devices (phone, laptop, etc) and microphone controls disabled.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the big brother scare (and thread hijack) - but education and awareness are the best security tools available.&nbsp; I deal with this stuff every day for a living, and have for decades.&nbsp; I could write a book on exploits, both simple and sophisticated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of exploits,&nbsp; I will be attending a presentation by Kevin Mitnick next month.&nbsp; I wonder if the DOJ is still concerned about him whistling into pay phones.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now...&nbsp; Do you really need to link your TV to Farcebook, and your credit cards to your phone which is linked to your downloaded apps that spy on you?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll close with some stark reality.</p><p><br /></p><p>The site software app is down now, but the informational part is still available.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pleaserobme.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pleaserobme.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.pleaserobme.com</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>It is a site that&#039;s designed to show how all of the social media tools can build a &quot;predictability schedule&quot; and map for the best time to rob your house - AS AN EXAMPLE...&nbsp; (yeah, it&#039;s real stuff)</p><p><br /></p><p>It used to integrate Farcebook, Four Square, Twitter and the &quot;Follow Me&quot; which gave your location data (because your phone is geo-aware).&nbsp; It builds a map and shows your habits, where you go, what times you leave and arrive.&nbsp; It looks for key words and data like Vacation, check-ins and all kinds of other data.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has algorithms built to identify the best time to rob your house.&nbsp; You put in &quot;Hawaii Vacation for two weeks&quot; on Farcebook, the geo-location of Follow-Me kicks in and shows you are at the airport - or your phone just sent out a beacon in Hawaii when you landed.&nbsp; You&#039;ve &quot;friended&quot; all your neighbors so they can be tracked as well, and we even know who they are - so we can BS them &quot;oh yeah, so and so mentioned you.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Since we have all this info, and we&#039;ve probably cloned your phone apps by now, we also have access to your Home Security app (you connected that to your phone with a cloud service - right?).</p><p><br /></p><p>We take our cloned phone apps, disable security and walk right into your house - knowing you&#039;re away and possibly knowing your neighbors are away too.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is not easy stuff mind you - but the ability is there for someone with technical knowledge and the right opportunity to exploit your over-sharing of information.</p><p><br /></p><p>And now to calm you down - a picture of a puppy!!!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.golden-retriever.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cute-baby-golden-retriever-puppiescute-puppy-golden-retrievers-photo-23976164-fanpop-pet-care-8teqauxk.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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