<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Amazon sidewalk is what it was called.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/wireless-networking/pros-and-cons-of-amazon-sidewalk-network-plus-how-to-opt-out-a9048278100/">https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/wireless-networking/pros-and-cons-of-amazon-sidewalk-network-plus-how-to-opt-out-a9048278100/</a><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 6:42 PM Stephen Partington <<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Note Amazon is building up a low power network across all their devices. That one creeps me out. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 9, 2024, 3:48 AM Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">However, if you make it obvious that you are looking at the thing, the <br>
perpetrator might decide to take it back. Put up your own video <br>
doorbell, and maybe even watch the street as well so you can tie the <br>
perp to their vehicle.<br>
<br>
Triangulation is 'fun' - find some local neighborhood hams (amateur <br>
radio people) who have done T-hunting (transmitter hunting) and they can <br>
give you info, and maybe even have some equipment and time/inclination <br>
to help.<br>
<br>
If they are using YOUR wifi, I'd freak out even more than you already <br>
have, since either they've got some serious wifi hacking skills, your <br>
wifi is set up very poorly, or they got inside your house.<br>
<br>
Have you filed a police report about the missing items? I assume they <br>
weren't interested in the tech issue.... Who should be? Probably not <br>
FBI or any other three-letter-government agency ;-)<br>
<br>
On the detection angle, I've been thinking that using a SDR USB dongle <br>
and GnuRadio or similar, you should be able to hack together a <br>
relatively useful spectrum analyzer. I've played with an SDR dongle and <br>
GnuRadio and had no luck yet...<br>
<br>
I also just did a search and found a $49 spectrum analyzer and a $899 <br>
spectrum analyzer, should you wish to go buy one. "One of these days" I <br>
hope to get me a working spectrum analyzer... ("But today is not that <br>
day" ;-)<br>
<br>
On 4/5/24 08:36, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:<br>
> I would never had thought of this type of scam. I hope you find the <br>
> person or persons. I'm guessing it might be someone close to you. <br>
> Yikes!!<br>
><br>
> Several months ago there was a post on next door where a man had <br>
> passed away and someone stole his gun safes. Heinous!!<br>
><br>
> Is this camera ties into a subscription?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 2024-04-04 19:00, Mike Bushroe via PLUG-discuss wrote:<br>
>> I have been lurking for a long time and just returned from a 10 month<br>
>> session in hospitals, extended care facilities, other hospitals, rehab<br>
>> places, more nursing care, other hospitals etc after having a major<br>
>> brain injury and brain surgery. During this time my sisters have been<br>
>> feeding the cats and spending a little bit of time looking after the<br>
>> place. During this time the doorbell had shorted out and a new<br>
>> wireless doorbell put in its place. When I found out about I asked my<br>
>> sisters how had put it in so I could find the user's manual to see how<br>
>> to convert it to my system. Only none of them knew anything about it,<br>
>> just assumed that one of the others had put it in.<br>
>> Now I am facing the problem of someone having secure access to my<br>
>> front door. And while I have<br>
>><br>
>> been gone for so long things, including expensive things have gone<br>
>> missing. Some locked up but with hours or days of knowing when no one<br>
>> will be there can make it easy to get to.<br>
>> So what I am hoping for is if someone knows of a program to detect<br>
>> when something transmits from a few inches away and then some way to<br>
>> triangulate on where else that network is coming from. It seems<br>
>> unlikely that anyone else within range would also not notice a<br>
>> wireless doorbell suddenly showing on their front door. Perhaps even<br>
>> just wireshark watching for which WiFi groups suddenly light up when<br>
>> somebody walks in front of the camera. Such as CoxHiFi, Nighthawk.<br>
>><br>
>> Sorry for the long gap between messages and then the big request.<br>
>><br>
>> Mike Bushroe<br>
>><br>
>> -- <br>
>><br>
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>><br>
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>><br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.<br><br>Stephen<br><br></div>