Fresh Hacker News | Anyone on the Internet Can Ring Your Doorbell

▲Anyone on the Internet Can Ring Your Doorbell(abgeo.dev)

40 points by jrdres 2 days ago | 4 comments

▲NetMageSCW 24 minutes ago

That would be impressive as my doorbell is hardwired from a button to a transformer and bell in a closet.

▲6510 11 minutes ago

You could take a picture from the real footage, remove the people from it and insert yourself into the front yard. Then when they open the door act confused that you cant see them.

edit: my doorbell resets if you hold it down for 10 seconds then it takes wifi credentials with a QR code and thinks you are it's new owner.

▲stackghost 1 hour ago

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.

▲nickt 12 minutes ago

You should probably get a cheap IoT camera to keep an eye on that printer!

▲tehlike 49 minutes ago

I have a poe reolink camera doorbell that I am yet to install...

▲BLKNSLVR 17 minutes ago

Picturing the scene from Where The Buffalo Roam.

... but I think that was a fax machine.

▲aidenn0 59 minutes ago

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.

▲stackghost 48 minutes ago

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.

▲aidenn0 14 minutes ago

> 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.

▲pests 27 minutes ago

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?)

▲martheen 8 minutes ago

To handle older cars that can't close the door by itself, Waymo (used to?) pay nearby DoorDash drivers to close it.

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▲EtienneDeLyon 1 hour ago

I wonder how I would feel about that, if I was alone at home, and lonely.

Would it cheer me that people were reaching out and ringing my doorbell?

Or would it make me sad because I would be reminded that there was not a friend ringing at the door?

▲mrsvanwinkle 15 minutes ago

noticed how spam has that utility for many elderly (which further incentivizes the abuse)