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What is everyone's view of diy smart home security systems? good idea? good intention but bad implementation? only really helps glowniggers?

What is everyone's view of diy smart home security systems? good idea? good intention but bad implementation? only really helps glowniggers?

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[–] • 4 pts

The best home security is to live in a white neighborhood and know your neighbors.

Next most important thing is to own a gun and practice with it regularly.

A dog can be useful to alert you to intruders on your property, and can sometimes intimidate burglars when left alone inside the house. I'm talking about a real dog, not an ankle-biter.

Always have your gun close to your bed. If possible, plant a second gun in a concealed location in your house that is easy to access but hard to find by intruders. Always carry a lockblade knife, even while lounging at home. A real knife, not a letter opener.

Put up stickers on your doors and windows saying that you have a full security silent alarm system. It's a lie, but the nigger thinking about breaking in (if he can read) doesn't know it's a lie. All he hears is the dog barking.

[–] • 2 pts

If you have a 5g router and a couple of Smart phones in your home you're already fully bugged. This is why I don't really worry about it.

[–] • 1 pt

FYI:

5G Cell =/= 5G Wifi.

5G cell = 5th generation technology

5G wifi = 5Ghz frequency band

No relation.

The more you know, and all that.

[–] • 1 pt

Smart homes are for dumb owners that like to be spied on by the government. All of those smart devices send data back to central HQ for your convenience, of course.

[–] • 1 pt

Ring is totally compromised. Get yourself a good guard dog or two if you can.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

No Chihuahuas.

Any better than normal? I'm not getting a pitbull.

[–] • 1 pt

Rottweilers are good. American bull dogs are good. Boxers are good (small, but really tough). These are all breeds derived from the mastiff, and they share a genetic characteristic -- the mastiff keeps what is his. They also tend to attack without barking, which is a useful trait. Or, if you want to spend $100+ dollars on meat every week, get a mastiff.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

You want a great security dog? Get a giant or standard schnauzer or something like a bouvier de flandres. Akitas tend to be biters; a malamute is imposing and very protective. Most of the working breeds and the herding breeds are excellent dogs for protection. Some terriers will bite the shit out of you as most were bred to hunt varmits.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt (edited )

Rhodesian ridgeback made it to the top of my list.

https://www.hillspet.com/dog-care/dog-breeds/rhodesian-ridgeback

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

I'd love one of those but you really need to have a couple of them. They are social creatures but also need a tough master. They can't be idle to much. They are not stupid dogs.

[–] • 0 pt

Depends on how much training you can give. German or Australian shepherd maybe.
Chihuahuas are little shits, get a terrier if you just want a small alert dog.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

I had an argument once about Pitbulls being dangerous at work. Everyone was saying they are great dogs that get a bad rap. With me saying they'll eat little dogs and maul owners. A guard dog but not a house dog or a pet. One guy was all ugly about it. Then a week later he comes in all amazed that his pitbull ate his daughters Chihuahua.

[–] • 1 pt

anything that uses wifi/ RF on any interface can be disabled by a sixth grader.

just food for thought.

[–] • 0 pt

The DIY smarthome security systems are sort of like a shitty lock on your door. They are better than nothing and will delay the mouth breathers, but not much else. They might in fact end up costing you more if your city has a registration law, and you don't know that you need to register it. In Dallas, the cops won't even respond to an alarm unless the property has a permit on file, and if they respond because your neighbors called and it it is a false alarm, they'll send you a $250 fine (which is frankly more than most of these systems cost.) A permit costs $50 a year, and there's no fine for the first five false alarms.

If you go DIY, I would say check your permitting requirements (more about the alarm permit than building code BS) and get a wired DIY kit. You can probably install it yourself (think about the idiots that do most alarm installations) and hire whatever company you want (preferably local) to do your monitoring. You'll own the system, so you can shop around and change monitoring companies at will.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

sensors in a white/spic hood... bars in a nigger/spic hood. No substitute for hardware. Niggers are generally unprepared in all aspects of life and didn't bring tools to try and break in ur house. Smartest home choice is a 12 gauge shotgun. IDK is it privacy concerns? there are raspberry pi projects that are open source.

[–] • 0 pt

Don't use it for security myself but I have a bit of a smart home system. If you want a minimally glowy setup: -Control Server: home-assistant (I run mine on an odroid) with a Conbee 2 zigbee dongle -light bulbs and plugs; buy them preflashed with Tasmota firmware (open source). There's some sellers on aliexpress for this. these connect over wifi. -buttons, sensors and more bulbs; xiao mi aqara range, aliexpress again. Double check model numbers with the conbee 2 compatibility list.

All this stuff can be setup and operated 100% offline. I have mine on a separate VLAN firewalled off from the internet.

Anything wireless is trivial to jam, but it depends on your threat model if that's a problem. I doubt many garden variety niggers are getting about with SDRs and jamming equipment. Connecting anything to home-assistant opens up a lot of flexibility in how you configure it. Flash internal lights when an outdoor sensor triggers? randomly turn lights on and off to make it look like you're home? Send a notification to your phone when a door gets opened? Really anything you can imagine you can do.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

More of a curiosity, you can flash the firmware on the smart bulbs? I always wondered about that as those are going to be devices that don't age well for control.

[–] • 0 pt

Depends on the bulb itself. Tasmota firmware runs on ESP chips, so if you have a bulb with ESP chip inside you can flash it. (Although you might need to crack it open and solder a serial cable onto the pins)

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

Ok. So they need to physically be opened to update them. What a pain.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

I used to own a Carolina dingo, great protection dog, will love you to the ends of the world, absolutely atrocious when it came to socializing with other dogs

[–] • 0 pt

Setup your own Honeywell system. Only wiring you need is for an internet connection to the wiring box. Wires for two or so inside sirens. And one or two outside sirens. I’d mount the box near your wiring closet at home. Also get a backup battery. Only other wire is to your alarm keypad. Door sensors and window sensors can be wireless. I only do door sensors usually but get the type that mount inside the jamb. And for alarm monitoring, there is a product called NEXX that allows it to notify your phone if the alarm goes off so you can go shoot the burglars yourself. Alarm companies are worthless. I’ve got about half the components I need for the above system. Hardest part is pairing the wireless sensors to the keypad. Keypad you want by your most used door.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt (edited )

My local police won't come soon. I don't need some alerting to them. More of my own tracking.

[–] • 0 pt

Look into NEXX alarm add on. It will do what you need but you need the main alarm system. It just takes the place of the monthly monitoring and bullshit fees.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

OK. Thanks. Looking into it.

[–] • 0 pt

You might start looking into https://www.openhabfoundation.org. I haven't done a deep dive, but they're open source, and claim to be privacy focused, and seem to be trying to be less shitty than the more traditional subscription-style spyware-setups.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

Thanks. Will do.

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It takes some effort but home assistant can work as a full security system. Its also local-only and you control all of your data/sensors/etc. It is very DIY though and you will need to put in the time to not only set it up but to build your own alerts/actions/integrations.

https://www.home-assistant.io/

I also am using Ubiquiti for Security cam's and it can integrate with my home assistant setup as well. I am considering adding in some of their door lock and access card stuff but that's a project for another time.

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