> Tech Enthusiasts: Everything in my house is wired to the Internet of Things! I control it all from my smartphone! My smart-house is bluetooth enabled and I can give it voice commands via alexa! I love the future!
> Programmers / Engineers: The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise.
Brother printers are amazing. I have a 20 year old laser from them, they stopped selling toner cartridges, at least around here, but toner refills seem to be working fine.
Another endorsement for Brother printers here. I actually just kind of default to their stuff at this point, because they invariably just do their job with no drama.
Agreed, I have an at least 10 year old Brother laser printer and while it doesn’t support any new standard like AirPrint, their iOS app can still print to it across the network, direct from an iPhone/iPad, despite it being made likely before iPhones/iPads could even print.
The flip side of owning mechanical locks is someone like the Lock Picking Lawyer on YouTube makes it seem easy to defeat a mechanical lock in under 5 minutes.
Yeah, I want him to design a key that he can't open. He has pretty much shown that he can open any key, even those that have alarms in them.
Honestly I just want a few grams of explosives in my lock, wired so that they kill anybody attempting to pick the lock. Passive defenses are never enough.
I don't really trust any lock to keep out someone determined. At least a mechanical lock won't send who knows what data for who knows what purpose to the manufacturer.
You shouldn't. No security mechanism, physical or otherwise, will keep out someone with enough determination and resources.
The goal of all security methods is not to make breaching them impossible (since that can't be achieved), it's to make breaching them so expensive that it isn't worth what would be gained by doing so.
Sooo true, my non tech friends make fun of me for how little automation/tech I have in my home.
Probably because we see how the sausage is made and how everyone prioritizes cost over security. It’s incredibly hard to make something secure once it’s connected to the internet.
> Programmers / Engineers: The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise.
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