Does Your Alarm Have a Default Duress Code? — Krebs on Security
Sometimes it takes a security scare to help improve your overall security posture. Case in point: Over the holidays, I learned that our alarm system — one of the most widely used home security systems in America — contains a default code that disables the alarm. Although entering this code simultaneously alerts the police that an intruder is in the house, it also could give thieves just enough time to get away with your valuables without alerting the neighbors.Over the holidays, I lost my keychain. On said chain was a very expensive key fob for unlocking and starting our car, the keys to our front door, and a remote control that arms and disarms
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RT @briankrebs: Does your home alarm system have a default duress code? Mine did. http://t.co/pwcbfXwz
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Rich Mogull
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[Christofer] Hoff
RT @briankrebs: Does your home alarm system have a default duress code? Mine did. http://t.co/pwcbfXwz
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briankrebs
Does your home alarm system have a default duress code? Mine did. http://t.co/pwcbfXwz
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Graham Cluley
RT @briankrebs: Does your home alarm system have a default duress code? Mine did. http://t.co/LE3EcYF8
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