Development quote of the week

Posted Mar 18, 2021 12:22 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Development quote of the week by k3ninho
Parent article: Development quote of the week

> And nation-state actors and their friends can gain a physical presence on your home network (a side channel to game over) without breaking locks or windows, so this approach to home security isn't for me.
If a nation-state would want to enter your house, a secure doorbell won't stop them. They can get in through the mechanical lock, for example.

Heck, I can pick most of door locks in a minute or so, and I'm only an amateur lockpicker. Some time ago I lost my door key and I was picking my own lock every time I needed to get in, I got it down to 8 seconds.

Development quote of the week

Posted Mar 18, 2021 17:25 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

True enough for targetted attacks -- but the risk is blanket attacks. A nation-state actor can trivially penetrate *every doorbell* of a particular model with very little more effort than is needed to penetrate one -- it's a bit harder for them to break in to every house.