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LAPD warns residents after spike in burglaries using Wi-Fi jammers that disable security cameras, smart doorbells (www.tomshardware.com)

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The Los Angeles Police Department has warned residents to be wary of thieves using technology to break into homes undetected. High-tech burglars have apparently knocked out their victims' wireless cameras and alarms in the Los Angeles Wilshire-area neighborhoods before getting away with swag bags full of valuables. An LAPD social media post highlights the Wi-Fi jammer-supported burglaries and provides a helpful checklist of precautions residents can take.

Criminals can easily find the hardware for Wi-Fi jamming online. It can also be cheap, with prices starting from $40. However, jammers are illegal to use in the U.S.

We have previously reported on Wi-Fi jammer-assisted burglaries in Edina, Minnesota. Criminals deployed Wi-Fi jammer(s) to ensure homeowners weren't alerted of intrusions and that incriminating video evidence wasn't available to investigators.

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[–] Fillicia@sh.itjust.works 52 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That's one of the reason I went with a PoE camera. Just make sure your network is isolated so people can't connect to your internal network from the camera Ethernet cable.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 18 points 4 months ago

Or vice versa, connect to your cameras from the rest of your network.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It doesn't hurt to hide or disguise the cameras to make them difficult to spot. That way, burglars wouldn't even try to find and break their server if they're not noticed.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Nah, cameras should be very visible so burglars see them and just go to the next house.