Posted by jrdres 2 days ago
But I didn't do that yesterday, I don't think I'll do it today, and it's not looking good for tomorrow either.
My home office is in the other end of the house, it takes ~20-30 seconds for me to get to the door. That is more time than UPS grants you.
There is no control against this, and it shouldn't be something you rely on to prevent break-ins or burglaries (if you were thinking of such threats).
If anything, I’d say that’s a bigger give away than someone not answering a traditional door bell given people used to not hear them even when home, all the time (particularly in bigger houses).
I could understand peoples misconception back when such door bells weren’t known about so the default assumption people might have is that it was an intercom.
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
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.
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.
You can put it on a separate VLAN with no internet access and watch it via your own app eg Home Assistant, Frigate, Zoneminder or whatever.
But the printer comment was actually a reference to a meme about how different groups of people relate to technology.
Nobody on the Internet can ring my doorbell because it's a dumb button that connects to a dumb, literal bell.
Now do 40 pages, front-and-back, with your smartphone.
I have not once in my entire life had to scan 40 pages at once. I bet I've never done more than 15 at once.
For the once in a blue moon that I need to scan 40 double-sided pages I'd just go to my local print shop.
- Banking/Investment documents (I actually sent a fax to a bank last year because $REASONS)
- Foster-care related stuff
- Sending tax documents to my accountant
There's a lot in there, rental contracts, policy documents, w2 forms, that I might actually benefit from having scanned and digitally available on my computer. I feel that being able to search through these documents would have saved me some amount of trouble over the years.
Hell, if it were easy enough, I might actually scan all those receipts I bring home and then throw away.
CTRL+T, doordash.com, McDonalds, "ring doorbell please", pay, done.
I know this isn't what you mean, but, humans are buttons (or button pressers?)
... but I think that was a fax machine.
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?