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Originally Posted by dinonz
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Originally Posted by glennQNYC
This isn't an attack, but actually an honest question. How do you envision this working?
Would thieves specializing in hacking nest thermostats be randomly trolling in search of thermostats in Eco mode for an extended period of time? When they find these systems, I guess they would begin prospecting the homes for potential theft?
Perhaps it would work the other way... Thieves prospecting a home they want to break into would hack into the nest thermostats for confirmation that the HVAC system is in Eco mode, thus indicating nobody is home?
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If they hack Google and get the database of *every* Nest thermostat that's ever reported back, they could filter that and get a list of every thermostat that's been in eco mode since x date, and refine that to their local town.
I'm not talking them hacking the individual thermostats, I'm talking able them hack "home" where all Nests report back to. |
So you're envisioning my first scenario, where the nest hack is the starting point for thieves prospecting homes to break into.