4 ms·
My old apartment's intercom system had a bit of advertising material saying it was "computerized, not internet-connected" (or something like that) - it was an e
by geofft 7y ago
My old apartment's intercom system had a bit of advertising material saying it was "computerized, not internet-connected" (or something like that) - it was an electronic system, but all it had was a connection up to the front door entry system, a terminal for the doorman, and the ability to call 911 if you pressed the panic button. No fancy cloud apps to drain your battery and then get hacked.
If an apartment intercom can realize this is important, why can't an oil refinery?
- sansnomme 7y agoI presume it works through Plain Old Telephone System and pre-recorded messages and not Twilio with Google Cloud Speech.
- Nextgrid 7y agoNote that POTS pretty much doesn't exist anymore. Analog phone lines only run up to a point at which they get converted to SIP which then runs over IP (while it's often using "private" networks, it's not air-gapped from the Internet and thus can still be compromised).
- aaron695 7y ago> and the ability to call 911 I think it funny you think the fact it has a phone line in that it is secure. This is how all the hacking was done in the old days. Are you sure I can't ring your number and connect? I would definitely bet people could ring out and charge phone bills to you.