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Wi-Fi jamming to knock out cameras suspected in nine Minnesota burglaries -- smart security systems vulnerable as tech becomes cheaper and easier to acquire (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 9 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Depends on where and how far. Once youre trenching and cutting into your walls, it's only cheap if youre spending your time.

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

No one should ever need to cut into your walls. A good tech will run down from attic or up from crawl space. The most you should ever have is a new plate where a box may be placed. If someone is cutting frivolously into your walls they should be fired. Hopefully they had contractors insurance too. Probably not if they were that incompetent.

[–] InformalTrifle@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That’s a bit of a blanket statement. It depends on the house and where you want the cable to go.

[–] GreatAlbatross 3 points 9 months ago

Yep. With the solid walls I have, if you're not chasing into the plaster/brick, you're putting trunking on the outside (which looks pretty awful, imho).

[–] papertowels@lemmy.one 1 points 9 months ago

cries in flat roof and slab foundation

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 9 months ago

I've run mine under the floorboards. CAT6e flat-band cables with multiple redundant outlets. Not a great solution in a finished house, but when redoing the floors, it's great. From room to room just drill through the wall below the floor level and pop the cable through. I've crimped mine myself so the hole is literally tiny, but even for a regular connector you don't need all that big a hole.

In case I ever need to replace them, I hope I'll be able to attach a new one to the old cable and just pull it through slowly.