Anyone on the Internet Can Ring Your Doorbell

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NetMageSCW

That would be impressive as my doorbell is hardwired from a button to a transformer and bell in a closet.

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maeln

If you want to do some fun hacking project, Temu and similar websites are a trove of insecure cheap IoT devices made with almost 0 security consideration. Security camera, car chargers, sport tracking devices, etc.

If you are a bad actor, that is also probably a very easy way to find new ways to enroll devices in your botnet.

voidUpdate

Can you actually access any of the doorbells on the internet with this? It reads to me like you need physical access to extract the signing keys etc over the debug port before you can actually impersonate the device

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bdavbdav

Is this not more targeted at “badly developed IOT” generally as opposed to “your doorbell”? Bad title.

user01815-2

Awesome, as it doesn't actually work from the street door right now, and I can't get the condo management company to fix it. Guess I just need to post a QR code outside?

philipallstar

Can ring this Temu doorbell.

sandeepkd

Anyone is probably a hyperbole here, regardless its accessible via internet, it is always in the category of relatively secure. Applies to pretty much every device connected to internet. Absolute security is a myth, it does not exists.

One can argue that a particular manufacturer is relatively more secure than other, however as long as the software is changing/evolving, eventually it will opens up the possibility/window to hack it

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6510

You could take a picture from the real footage, remove the people from it and insert yourself into the front yard. Then when they open the door act confused that you cant see them.

edit: my doorbell resets if you hold it down for 10 seconds then it takes wifi credentials with a QR code and thinks you are it's new owner.

stackghost

I'd be shocked if the Ring doorbells were materially more secure.

I sit firmly in the "only smart device is my printer and I keep a loaded gun next to it in case it makes a weird noise" camp.

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EtienneDeLyon

I wonder how I would feel about that, if I was alone at home, and lonely.

Would it cheer me that people were reaching out and ringing my doorbell?

Or would it make me sad because I would be reminded that there was not a friend ringing at the door?

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interludead

The most depressing part is that none of this sounds exotic