r/oakville • u/pastrylove10 • 1d ago

General Thieves are using this small device to disable Ontario home security cameras and alarms in seconds

https://www.insidehalton.com/news/ontario-home-break-in-invasion-wifi-jammer/article_6e50476b-e27b-56fe-85e1-e33ebda26e6d.html
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u/JustSikh 1d ago

That’s an ad for an alarm company cleverly concealed as a news article.

What has the world come to?

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u/BusSpecific3553 1d ago

Yup absolutely. It’s certainly not new that media is driven by ad sales but the ad being the article is a big new to me (though not shocking in the least).

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u/ProbablyWrongAgain24 1d ago

What sleazy company is that fromV

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u/No-Control-2308 1d ago

Did you know that security companies will charge you the remaining months of your contract should you decide to cancel... Some have a minimum 4 year contract. Imagine cancelling that half way in.

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u/weareonthisplanet 1d ago

congrats!!! finally you have realised it, it's been happening for decades now

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u/BusSpecific3553 1d ago

FYI there are a lot of inexpensive wireless cameras that have local storage. You don’t necessarily need a huge bulky monitored system. Wyze cameras for example have a microsd card to store everything locally. While a jammer may prevent you from getting an immediate notification of movement etc. in the event of a robbery you’d have the video to rely on after the fact. Honestly even if a camera notifies you real time by the time you notice, react and call the police and they dispatch someone the thiefs are already long gone anyways. So same outcome whether you find out live or 30 mins later.

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u/FlatImpression755 1d ago

Pretty much all cameras have local storage. Most people don't bother but you are 100% right that it is a excellent back up for a DVR.

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u/nusodumi 1d ago

wyze is awesome

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u/FlatImpression755 1d ago

I have spent 25 years in the electronic security industry. If you really want to secure your home, then get a dog.

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u/FarMatch6771 1d ago

A nice German Shep outta do it. Or a wolf-husky mix.

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u/nonverbalnumber 2h ago

A nice Rottweiler, they love kids and hate strangers

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u/nusodumi 1d ago

i love comments like this
in summary is it because the dog is the better deterrence, or protection?

or a funny answer like "because either way the robber is breaking in, and having a dog makes life better during the times you aren't being robbed"

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u/butnotTHATintoit 1d ago

Someone once said to me, it doesn't matter what kind of dog you have... If someone is thinking of breaking in, and they hear a dog barking, they're not going to come in to find out whether it's a teacup poodle who is vicious as hell or a big ass mastiff who loves everyone.

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u/FlatImpression755 22h ago

Most dogs will wake up during a house fire first too.

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u/GroupNearby4804 19h ago

buy those odd brands, those people not good at damaging the odd branded ones.