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.
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.
You should probably get a cheap IoT camera to keep an eye on that printer!
not "get", build it with an esp32 & Tasmota (or whatever).
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010326236256.html
And then bug a camera to monitor the first camera
I have a poe reolink camera doorbell that I am yet to install...
I've got the Reolink PoE doorbell and it works great!
Your printer doesn't make weird noises?
All bets are off if you use unapproved third-party toner cartridges...
Nothing unexpected or I am not used to
have you tried putting a loaded wep next to it?
I would love if my printer was more dumb. It's cheaper to buy an AIO than a separate document (with duplex) and flatbed scanner.
Nowadays smartphones do credible document scanning for most consumer use cases. iPhones had this built in before COVID at the latest.
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.
> Nowadays smartphones do credible document scanning for most consumer use cases. iPhones had this built in before COVID at the latest.
Now do 40 pages, front-and-back, with your smartphone.
That's not "most consumer use cases".
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.
Okay I exaggerated, but 15 would be bad enough. I use the sheet-feed multiple times a year:
- 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
I got flashbacks from preparing immigration papers…
I mean yes and no. If I knew your address, I could 100% ring your doorbell from the Internet.
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?)
To handle older cars that can't close the door by itself, Waymo (used to?) pay nearby DoorDash drivers to close it.
Picturing the scene from Where The Buffalo Roam.
... but I think that was a fax machine.