"Break and Enter dropbox" attack with Amazon Key (smartlock and smartcam combo)

Re:"Break and Enter dropbox" attack with Amazon Key (smartlo... by cantrevealname on Monday February 05, 2018 @03:16AM (#16307379)

So ironic that the video shows a sophisticated electronic attack against a cheap wooden door with glass panels, a key-in-the knob cylinder, and a mail slot. It weakens the PR impact of the video. They should have filmed it Mission Impossible style at a house with solid locks and doors. :)

As an aside: It baffles me how people spend tens of thousands of dollars on things like ornamental molding but can't spend hundreds of dollars on good physical security. One of the funnier purchases are those fancy door handles--with names like "Aged Venetian Bronze with Georgian Entry Knob"--that come with crappy cylinders like Kwikset or Weiser, yet cost more than high-security Medeco or Abloy deadbolts.

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Re:"Break and Enter dropbox" attack with Amazon Key (smartlo... by tmalsburg2 on Monday February 05, 2018 @03:47AM (#16307515)

You can't smash a door in broad daylight but pretending to be the Amazon delivery person? No problem. People don't have high physical security because it most cases it's not needed.

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Re:"Break and Enter dropbox" attack with Amazon Key (smartlo... by cantrevealname on Monday February 05, 2018 @03:58AM (#16307552)

> People don't have high physical security because it most cases it's not needed.

Everything helps: better locks, solid doors, security cameras, law enforcement that cares, alarms, community involvement, etc. My theory is that people don't get better locks and rugged doors because most people can't tell good from bad, and therefore choose the cheapest. Or more typically, the builder chooses the cheapest and the buyers don't base purchasing decisions on the quality of locks and insides of doors and jambs because they can't judge it.

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