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A comment on The One Second Dash.

Re:The One Second Dash by fr0sty on Thursday August 25, 2016 @12:09PM (#12360176)
Interesting hack, but not exactly secure. Now your doorbell can be rung across town by anyone with a directional antenna and your "secret" SSID.
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Re:The One Second Dash by jerf on Thursday August 25, 2016 @06:37PM (#12363036)
This is still a significant security improvement over the usual IoT situation, which would generally permit anybody in the world to ring your doorbell.
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