Comment on Minnesota burglars are using Wi-Fi jammers to disable home security systems

theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So is all the locks on your door…

  You can have a metal door with 3 deadbolts and a cast iron storm door also padlocked.

  Still takes a small rock to break a window.

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  • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “So are all”

    And yes I agree, if people want to get in they are going to get in but a lot of people buying these cameras some how think they are suddenly immune to crime.

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    • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Devils advocate: A masked figure who walked to my property and stole my stuff doesn’t solve who did it. If someone doesn’t want to get caught, there are always ways to prevent it.

      Note: I don’t think people think they’re immune but they may not realize wifi can be jammed. Wired is better than wireless but sometimes wireless is the only way or only way to provide a camera to a certain spot that wouldn’t be covered otherwise. And then there’s renting where wired mods to the home/property may not be permitted. There are some use cases that make sense.

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    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “So are all”

      Eh, depends.

      All precautions you can take are just visual deterrents

      Is correct, but so is

      All precautions you can take is just a visual deterrent.

      Because it’s talking about a singular group of things, whether you use “deterrents” or “deterrent” is what determines if an “is” or “are” is used.

      The singular/plural is about if your talking about a bunch of visual deterrents or everything adding up into a singular visual deterrent.

      So talking about “locks” as a group gets a singular deterrent and “is”. Logically it’s that all the locks are one singular visual deterrent rather than each lock being it’s own.

      Doesn’t really matter tho, English is a pretty stupid language.

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      • bluespin@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        ‘All precautions’ is plural, so you have to use ‘are’. Using ‘is’ is in no way correct there; the ‘deterrents’ bit has nothing to do with it

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      • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The fact you used your possessive instead of you’re in “if your talking about” pretty much discredits anything you had to say there.

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  • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Reminds me of one of my favorite scenes from Burn Notice.

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• GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  At the very best a visual deterrent for opportunistic people.

  That’s what all security is though.

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  • RGB3x3@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No security system is going to prevent someone from just kicking in your door and stealing your shit in 2 minutes, then leaving.

    But it’s great for insurance purposes and tracking down people after they leave. And if your door is kicked in during the middle of the night, an alarm system is going to be fantastic for alerting you to someone in your house.

    WiFi security systems perform their function of deterrence, monitoring, and insurance claims just fine.

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• sebinspace@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wow, I haven’t seen a more head-ass take since Linus last opened his mouth…

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