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A friend who lives in a wealthy neighborhood here had their garage broken into electronically more than 10 years ago. So clearly some people have known about it
by nickbauman 11y ago
A friend who lives in a wealthy neighborhood here had their garage broken into electronically more than 10 years ago. So clearly some people have known about it for a while. The local police claim the thief probably "listened" to their garage door opener open the door at least once to get in, as opposed to brute forcing it.
- patcheudor 11y agoIt's not uncommon for thieves to go to open houses in nice neighborhoods when a property is for sale & copy the dip-switch codes. This also happens when homes are under construction. No one ever thinks about changing their garage door opener code.
- nickbauman 11y agoI hadn't even thought about that breach vector! In this case they'd been living there for quite a while.
- patcheudor 11y agoIt's also pretty common for garage door installers / builders to either not change the default config or use the same one or pattern for every home. We were amongst the first to build a house in a new sub in our area so we'd go for walks around the neighborhood while the homes were being built and would go through them and of course I'd always look at the codes. The primary builder in the sub set the dip switches to the number address of the house. That provided a nice geeky / awkward way for me to introduce myself to my neighbors by opening their garage doors for them.